Chapter 30 And 31 Vocab Flashcards
International relations involving the deliberate creation of a risk of war to apply pressure on the other party
Brinkmanship
The economic association organized by the communist party
COMECON
Attempt to contain Communism in areas already occupied by the Red Army as indicated in the Truman Doctrine
Containment
Brought about by the Marshall Plan in 1948 as an attempt to evolve into a parliament yet became only a multinational debating society
Council of Europe
Liberalization if the Soviet Union
De-Stalinization
A newfound openness of government and media
Glasnost
Caused by the Marshall Plan
European Economic Community
Economic restructuring by Gorbachev
Perestroika
Soviet union started a period of stagnation. Saw De-Salinization as a dangerous threat
Re-Stalinization
Minister of the economy. Bet on the free economy while maintaining the extensive social welfare network inherited from the Hitler area
Ludwig Erhard
West German chancellor. Sought peace with East Germany; went to Poland in december 1970; laid a wreath at the tombs of the unknown soldiers and another monument commemorating the armed uprising of Warsaw’s Jewish ghetto against Nazi armies after which the ghetto was destroyed and survivors were sent to the gas chambers
Willy Brandt
Called for special international organization to control and integrate all European coal and steel production
Schuman Plan
Six nations of Coal and Steel Community signed to create EEC
Treaty of Rome
Created by Stalin to counter NATO and to tighten his hold on satellites
Warsaw Pact
Khrushchev’s foreign policy. Peaceful coexistence with communism was possible
“Peaceful Coexistence”