The cold war Flashcards
Cold war
was a period of geopolitical tension between the soviet union and the united states and their respected allies after WW2
capitalism
- private ownership of the means of production
- government does not run the economy
- there is nothing wrong with rich vs poor
- the possibility of making a profit i’d thought to be an incentive if motive to work harder
communism
- common ownership of the means of production
- believe that the government should rule in the interest of all not just the rich
- wealth should be shared equally between the people
- the government is responsible for the equal distribution of said wealth
joseph stalin
was the dictator of the union of soviet socialist republic (USSR)
Harry S Truman
assumed office following the death of president roosevelt
the truman doctrine
was an american foreign policy which established that the US would provide political military and economic assistance to all democratic nations
the marshall plan
was a US program providing aid to western europe following the devastation of WW2 it was an ambitious effort to stimulate economic growth in europe and to prevent the spread of communism
the state lites of the USSR
- Poland
- Romania
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- East Germany
what was the main motive of the satellite states
it’s main motive was to provide security and buffer future aggression
after WW2 germany was divided into
Soviet, American, British and french zones
the berlin blockade
was the crisis which occurred when stalin closed all road rail and canal links to west berlin
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- supported capitalism
- 28 european countries
- 2 north american countries
warsaw pact
formed to rival nato
used poland as a proxy
soviet union used other counties in warsaw pact as a buffer
the berlin wall was formed when
August 1961 - Khrushchev closed the bored between East and West berlin
- overnight a barbed wire bsgficstef went up
- the USA and allies did nothing to stop the building of the wall
MAD
mutually assured destruction
yalta conference
agreed germany would be divided into four zones
north and south korea war
- in june 1950 communist north korean attacked south korea to unite all korea under a communist regime
- USA backed the south, and invaded korea they lost
space race
- a race between USA and USSR with technological superiority
with the nuclear arms race what did it almost start
nuclear war by the cuban middle crisis
Bay of pigs
when the usa attempted to attack cuba and remove castro (dictator) from power but they failed miserably
Non-proliferation treaty
aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, (signed by USA USSR britain)
Strategic arms limitation talks
allowed countries to begin to talk about ways to limit the production of nuclear middles
strategic defence initiative
(star wars) aimed to interrupt foreign middles using laser beams fired from satellites in space
intermediate nuclear forces treaty
both sides agreed to destroy specific missiles
