Ch 15 Flashcards
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
isolationism
doctrine that pledged that the United States would oppose attempts by European States to extend their political control into the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
an association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security
League of Nations
George F. Kennan argued that the Soviet Union was a strongly expansionist state driven by Communist ideology
Containment Theory
doctrine where to U.S. should help “free peoples” resist armed minorities or outside pressures (economic and military aid to Turkey and Greece)
Truman Doctrine
a program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after World War II.
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
what is the counterpoint of NATO
Warsaw pact
a treaty of mutual defense and military aid signed at Warsaw on May 14, 1955, by communist states of Europe under Soviet influence, in response to the admission of West Germany to NATO
Warsaw pact
in 1962, US and the USSR faced off as the Russians attempted to place nuclear missiles on Cuban soil
Cuban Missile Crisis
these are the only 2 times the US fights under a UN flag
Korean War, Persian Gulf War
reapproachment
China
Detente
Soviet Union
ended with Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Detente
Carter’s Human Rights (no troops)
Nixon Doctrine
simply talks about reduction of arms
S.A.L.T. I
achieves reduction of a number of nuclear weapons
S.T.A.R.T. I
representation of a government to other governments
Diplomacy
plan that helped rebuild Europe after WWII
The Marshall Plan
if you attack one of us, you attack all of us
Collective Security
refers to the development and maintenance of military strength as a means of discouraging attack
Deterrence
After WWII the US uses a 2 prong approach to foreign policy. which are what?
deterrence and containment
what are some examples of containment
Korea and Vietnam
strategy to take powerful rulers out
The Napoleonic Role
