Practice Multiple Choice Review

Question 0

The tactic employed by Western European nations before world war 2. England and France believed that if they allowed hitler to occupy Austria and Czechoslovakia, they would maintain peace on the continent.

Answer 0

Appeasement

Question 1

a term coined during the Cold War to describe the tactic of seeming to approach the verge of war in order to persuade one’s opposition to retreat. It was an effective tactic because neither side of a conflict could contemplate mutually assured destruction in a nuclear war, acting as a nuclear deterrence for both the side threatening to pose damage and the country on the ‘receiving end’. Ultimately, it worsened the relationship between the USSR

Answer 1

Brinkmanship