P-containment , Truman Doctrine, M-plan & Brinkmanship Flashcards
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Policy of containment
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- the US policy of actively seeking to prevent the spread of communism around the world.
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how the policy came about
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- Stalin’s aim was to spread communism and extend the borders of the Soviet Union; the West saw this as a direct threat and responded with the policy of containment.
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Truman Doctrine
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American intervention which introduced the policy of containment
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how the policy came about
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- was put forward as a result of the events in Greece and turkey after WW2
- civil war broke out after Greek communists and monarchists competed for power
- therefore, Truman provided financial aid to the pro-western greek government and turkey, resulting in a communist defeat
- this American intervention was known as the Truman doctrine
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Communist & anti-communist parts in Germany
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Communist- East Germany
Anti-communist- West Germany
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Marshall Plan
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- Proposed by the US secretary, George Marshall
- aimed to provide economic aid to people seeking to preserve their independence
- was used as a weapon against Soviet domination
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Soviet response to Marshall plan
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- Stalin viewed the doctrine and marshall plan as weapons fired in the cold war
- Stalin reacted by bringing satellite states more tightly under the soviet control
- eastern European countries were forbidden to accept Marshall Aid
-non-communists were removed from eastern European
governments
- Communist Information Bureau established in September 1947 was to ensure that the east does not receive any aid from the west
- communist parties were to ensure that the marshall plan was brought down
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Brinkmanship
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- the act of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping
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two types of brinkmanship
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- Soviet brinkmanship
- American brinkmanship
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American brinkmanship
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- involved the threat of using nuclear weapons to prevent the soviet union from setting up nuclear bombs in Cuba
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Soviet brinkmanship
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- involved challenging the united states to take action while setting up nuclear weapons in Cuba to see who would back down first.
