Cold War Flashcards
Alliance of US, Canada, Western Europe as a defensive alliance against a Soviet attack
NATO
a society preoccupied with buying goods
consumer society
body charged with maintaining international peace and security in the UN
Security Council
communist leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro
country in which the government takes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens
welfare state
Atlee, Truman, and Stalin
Big Three
economy in which individuals make economic decisions
capitalism
economy in which the government makes all economic decisions
communism
Has a security council veto
China, Soviet Union, France, US
Communist Information Bureau, which included all European communist parties
Comintern
Defensive alliance of the USSR and Eastern Europe
Warsaw Pact
group of nations with a common purpose
bloc
Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
ICBM
Leader of Czechoslovakia deposed in the Prague Spring of 1968
Alexander Dubcek
Leader of Free French Forces during WWII and president of France after WWII
Charles DeGaulle
Leader of West Germany during its “economic miracle”
Konrad Adenauer
legislative and deliberative body of the United Nations
General Assembly
Lyndon Johnson’s program of social reform
Great Society
Network of radar on the Arctic Circle that provides an early warning of an air attack
DEW Line
Period in early 1968 Czechoslovakia when promised reforms were crushed by the Soviet Military
Prague Spring
Leader of the Soviet Union duiring the Cuban Missle Crisis
Nikita Khruschev
Plan to rebuild Eastern Europe after WWII; Soviet response to the Marshall Plan
COMECON
policy aimed at restricting the spread of communism
containment
policy of removing Nazis from positions of authority in goverment, business, and education
denazification
power to defeat a measure with a single vote
veto
suspicion and hostility between the communist ans western nations, wage by political and economic means rather than weapons
Cold War
US plan to rebuild Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
Belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism the other countries of Southeast Asia would fall as well
domino theory
Treaty among the nations of central and west Asia to prevent the spread of communism
CENTO
periods of temporary business slow down and incresing unemployment
recessions
countries of Eastern Europe politically dependent on the USSR
satellite states
postion of the U.S. government to prevent the spread of communism and to aid countries in that effort
Truman Doctrine
the manufacture of machine and equipment for use in factories and mines
heavy industry
communist dictator of Yugoslavia
Tito
policy of being so militarily strong that no one would attack you
deterrence
Alliance between US Great Britain France Pakistan Thailand Philippines Australia and New Zealand
SEATO
Alliance of Australia New Zealand and the US
ANZUS
Strategic arms and limitations
SALT
Phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between 2 adversaries
Detente
