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Chapter 18: Worldviews Flashcards

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1
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Comprehensive mental pictures of world issues faced by the US

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Worldview (Paradigm)

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Appropriate and Inappropriate ways of responding

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Worldview (Paradigm)

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What year was isolationism

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1920-1930

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Opposes getting involved in wars

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Isolationism

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Adopted after WW1 since little was accomplished

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Isolationism

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What Paradigm was during the year of 1940-1960

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Containment (Anti-Appeasement)

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Pearl Harbor ended isolationism in US

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Containment (Anti-Appeasement)

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Reaction to appeasement of Hitler in Munich

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Containment (Anti-Appeasement)

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Postwar policy to resist Soviet expansion

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Containment (Anti-Appeasement)

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What Paradigm is used from 1970 to today

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Disengagement (Vietnam)

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Reaction to military deficit and political disaster to Paradigm

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Disengagement (Vietnam)

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12
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While containment was the correct view, what didn’t it work?

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The US didn’t try hard enough

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What were critics opinions of isolation

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Containment was wrong and isolation should be adopted

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When is Human Rights used?

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At all times

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Describe the prevent to genocide during Human Rights

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The mass murder of people usually of a race or ethnicity

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Where was human rights applied

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Evenly everywhere but Africa

17
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The National Security Act of 1947 created what department

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Department of Defense

18
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When in the position of defense, army, navy, air force, you can’t be in what position

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You can’t be an active military member

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Only what position can hold military members in the National Security Act 1947

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Joint Chief of Staff

20
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What are the 2 reasons for a separation of uniform and service

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  1. Fear the unified military will be too powerful
  2. Desire of services to preserve the autonomy
21
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The Goldwater Nichols Act created what staff

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

22
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What is composed of uniformed head of each service

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

23
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Who appoints and confirms the JCS Chair

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Appointed by president, approved by senate

24
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True/False
JCS have the command authority over troops

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False

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