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18 Cards in this Set
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Superpower
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US and USSR after 1945; denoting their global political involvements and military capabilities (ex. Nuclear arsenals).
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Kennan
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containment of communism.
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Wind of change
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– reference by British PM to the political changes taking place across Africa heralding the end of European imperialism.
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Containment
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American political strategy for resisting perceived Soviet expansion.
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Apartheid
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system of racial segregation introduced in S. Africa in 1948, designed to ensure white minority domination.
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Truman Doctrine
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“it must be the policy of the US to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”; came to underpin the policy of containment and American economic & political support for its allies.
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Cold War
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extended worldwide conflict between communism/capitalism or USSR/US from 1947-1989 including an arms race, missile gap, MAD, proxy wars & “war of words”.
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization comprising 12 (later 16) countries from Western Europe & North America; America’s commitment to the defence of Western Europe.
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Warsaw Pact
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military alliance between the Socialist states in Central & Eastern Europe to counter NATO military alliance.
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Détente
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relaxation of tension between the East & West; 1960s – 1970s characterized by negotiations and nuclear arms control agreements.
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Rapproachment
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re-establishment of more friendly relations between the People’s Republic of China and the US in the early 1970s.
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Glasnost
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policy of greater openness pursued by Gorbachev from 1985, involving greater toleration of internal dissent and criticism.
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Perestroika
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policy of restructuring pursued by Gorbachev in tandem w/Glasnost & intended to modernize the Soviet political & economic system.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Soviet missiles found in Cuba, Kennedy imposes a partial blockade; most legitimate risk of nuclear war, Soviets remove.
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SALT
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Strategic Arms Limitations Talks where two bilateral talks on armament control and limiting stock piles of nuclear weapons.
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Brezhnev Doctrine
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declaration by Brezhnev that members of Warsaw Pact would enjoy only “limited sovereignty” in their political development (1968).
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Sinatra Doctrine
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countries of Eastern Europe were “doing it their way” marking the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine & Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe (1989).
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MAD
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Mutually Assured Destruction where both superpowers possessed the capacity to destroy their adversary even after being attacked first with nuclear weapons.
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