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clios notes cold war Flashcards

1
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nonviolent war between communism (soviet union) and capitalism (us)

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cold war

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2
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supply and demand regulates economy, not federal government

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free market capitalism

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production/investment/prices/incomes are determined by central government

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command economy

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soviets were mad at allies for not opening this earlier in wwii

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second front

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5
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location of conference where soviets agreed for free elections

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yalta

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6
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ideological barrier in europe, coined by churchill

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iron curtain

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7
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iron curtain guy

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winston churchill

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soviet dictator

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josef stalin

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9
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said to adopt containment

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george kennan

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10
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stop communism at current lines; george kennan

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containment

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11
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fancy name for america’s containment

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truman doctrine

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12
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america’s offer of money to europe for american goods

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marshall plan

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13
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they had civil wars, and received aid from truman doctrine

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greece and turkey

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14
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big international thing, created in SF and a forum for disputes

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united nations

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part of UN, 15 members, 5 permanent

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security council

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16
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part of UN, everyone gets to vote

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general assembly

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17
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speech that inspired UN charter

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four freedoms speech

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18
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churchill and fdr agreement that inspired UN charter

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atlantic charter

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19
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UN created this to say life/liberty/etc were natural-born rights

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universal declaration of human rights

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20
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people agreed to lower tariffs and trade barriers. US supported

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general agreement of trade and tariffs (GATT)

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21
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set up currency exchange and world bank

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international monetary fund (IMF)

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22
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western european/NA allies thing

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NATO

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23
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US alliance in asia/pacific

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SEATO

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24
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eastern europe/soviet union alliance

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warsaw pact

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25
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proposal to place atomic weapons in UN control

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baruch plan

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26
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hydrogen bomb, way more powerful than atomic

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h-bomb

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27
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if you attack me, youre dead too

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mutual assured destruction (MAD)

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28
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prohibited above-ground nuclear tests in the Kennedy administration

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test ban treaty

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29
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nixon negotiated these to “limit arms”

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salt 1 and 2

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30
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people called for this to stop nuclear weapon production

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nuclear freeze

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31
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thing that actually reduced arms after the cold war with bush

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START

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32
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soviets made this to reduce goods moving to west berlin

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berlin blockade

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33
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US did this to combat berlin blockade

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berlin airlift

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34
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ussr built this to prevent people from moving west

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berlin wall

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35
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divider between north and south korea

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38th parallel

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36
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he requested approval from UN to help south korea

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harry truman

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37
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south korea american general

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general douglas macarthur

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38
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the beach macarthur and troops landed on

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inchon

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39
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chinese communist leader

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mao tse tung (zedong)

40
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anti-communist chinese leader, supported by US

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chiang kai shek

41
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ordered loyalty oaths of federal employees

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harry truman

42
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these were implemented by truman for federal workers during the red scare

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loyalty oaths

43
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he went to yalta with fdr and was accused of conversing with communists

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alger hiss

44
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they traded atomic bomb secrets to the soviets

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julius & ethyl rosenberg

45
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congress-established committee to investigate communism threat

46
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ten writers/directors accused of promoting communism

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hollywood ten

47
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to be marked as a communist and lose most job opportunities

48
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senator who claimed he had a list of communists

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joseph mccarthy

49
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people refused to self-incriminate via this

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5th amendment

50
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he led the cuban communist revolution

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fidel castro

51
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previous cuban leader who was allies with america

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juan bautista

52
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american considered latin america their turf via this

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monroe doctrine

53
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us has police powers in latin america

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roosevelt corollary

54
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they created a plan to overthrow castro in ‘61

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central intelligence agency (cia)

55
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CIA planned this in ‘61 but it failed

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bay of pigs invasion

56
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provided cuba with nuclear weapons to deter US

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nikita khrushchev

57
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top civilian/military advisors assembled by JFK to manage crisis

58
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problem that happened after bombs were sent to cuba

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cuban missile crisis

59
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two options JFK chose over air strikes for cuban missile crisis

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quarantine/blockade

60
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from 46-54, france fought in this war with US support for territory

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first indochina war

61
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indochina communist military

62
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wanted to put vietnam under communist control

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ho chi minh

63
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vietnam battle where the french lost

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dien bien phu

64
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line between north & south vietnam

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17th parallel

65
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these were signed and france left vietnam

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geneva accords

66
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he proposed the domino theory

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dwight eisenhower

67
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if south vietnam falls, so do the rest

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domino theory

68
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kennedy supported this unpopular south vietnamese leader

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ngo dinh diem

69
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he faced the vietnam decision after jfk was assassinated

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lyndon johnson

70
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johnson proposed this to congress to protect US interests in vietnam

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gulf of tonkin resolution

71
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general in charge of vietnam stuff

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william westmoreland

72
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ambushes/hit-and-run tactics

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guerilla war

73
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south vietnam communists who tried to defeat US

74
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young people needed to go to war

75
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this means direct contact wasnt wanted (just support)

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limited war

76
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communist attack on south vietnam

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tet offensive

77
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promised to achieve peace with honor in vietnam

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richard nixon

78
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nixon’s vietnam promise

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peace with honor

79
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maxe vietnam do it, not us

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vietnamization

80
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kennedy’s thing to send young americans to latin america to help with life stuff

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peace corps

81
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set of programs to help latin america that backfired

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alliance for progress

82
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communists who took over nicaragua

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sandanistas

83
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reagan funded them to help defeat sandanistas

84
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reagan pushed for this expensive nuclear defense program that pressured soviets into peace

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strategic defense initiative aka star wars

85
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this reformer took soviet power during reagan years. called for perestroika and glasnost

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mikhail gorbachev

86
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resurrecting economy through free market

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perestroika

87
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some free speech

88
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us and britain supposed this as a jewish state in 1945

89
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carter negotiated this to bring together egypt/isreal

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camp david accords

90
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camp david israeli leader

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menachim begin

91
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camp david egyptian leader

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anwar sadat

92
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iraq’s oil-rich neighbor; invaded in 1990

93
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he wanted a new world order

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george h.w. bush

94
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bush used this to get people against iraq

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new world order

95
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bush moves 500,000 troops to saudi arabia

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desert shield

96
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desert shield/storm commanders

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norman schwarzkopf and colin powell

97
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heavy bombing on iraqi troops to push them out of kuwait

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desert storm

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