George Kennan Flashcards
George Kennan
George Frost Kennan was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty of April 4, 1949, which wanted to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II
Warsaw pact
The Warsaw Treaty Organization also as the Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance confirmed on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries
Korean war
The Korean War provided the first confrontation between two nuclear powers. And as the war developed the conflict showed how difficult it would be for either side to use atomic bombs decisively in battle.
Cuban missile crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a forward and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.
Marshall Plan
a programme of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after the Second World War. It was originally advocated by Secretary of State George C. Marshal
Cold war
the state of hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
Communism
Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the State.
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine, 1947. With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Policy of Containment
A military strategy to stop enemy expansion. It is best known as the Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
Nazi-Soviet Pact
An agreement between Germany and Russia which led both countries to invade Poland.
Anschluss
Anschluss, political union of Austria with Germany,
League of Nations
The League of Nations, abbreviated as LON , was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace
Collective security
Collective security was the intended means by which the League of Nations was to maintain peace.
Big 3
France, UK, US
