The Cold War Flashcards
whats a superpower
major world power that is able to defend its interests when challenged and able to exert its influence on nations throughout the world
what was the cold war
intense rivarly between superpowers where the opponents use all available methods short of direct military force in order to gain political or economic advantage over the rival
what are the 10 Cold War strategies
prestige race, propaganda, balance of power, brinkmanship, arms race, space race, defence systems, espionage, deterrence, proxy war
whats the prestige race
competition between powers played out in non-military ways
whats proxy war
wars which a superpower supports a side in the conflict or actually fight hot wars that are not difect conflicts with each other
whats detterence
when a government builds up deffeces that can counteract any aggressive actions by another power
whats espionage
when governments try to gain secret information
whats defence systems
when each power develops ways to defend against military attack so they reduce the challenge of the other pwoer
whats the space race
each majory power competes to be the first to achieve things in space and more in space then any other pwoer
whats brinkmanship
when a powero pushes a conflict to the brink without negotiations until the opposing power gives in to avoid nuclear war
whats balance of power
strategy used to equalize strength of the competing countries/ideologies
whats detente
a relaxation of strained relations or tensions between rival nations
whats the truman doctrine
ideological concept stating the US commitment to preserve freedom and justice worldwide
whats the marshall plan
european economic aid program
when was the marshall plan launched
1948
when was the cold war
1945-1989
whats prestoika
the restructuring of the Soviet economic system
whats sovietization
imposition of a soviet style government and economic system on satellite countries of the USSR
whats deterrence
belefi that you will deter your enemy by making them afraid to go to war with you because of powerful weapons
difference between deterrence and detente
deterrence is beleiving that you will make the enemy afraid to go to war with you because of powerful weapons; detente is the belief that we should reduce the number/type of weapons and relax tensions between competing nations
when was the berlin blockade
june 24 1948
what was the berlin blockade
when east berlin blocked transportation of supplies from going into west berlin
what did the berlin wall do
divide east and west berlin making there an east and west germany
when was NATO established
1949
what was the purpose of the truman doctrine
start the policy of containment
what were the 4 major conflicts of the cold war in order
berlin blockade, korean war, cuba, vietnam
what was thesoviet act called that was created to try and counter NATO and when was it founded
warsaw pact (WTO) founded in 1955
what was soviet response to marshall plan
comecon
whats comecon
created by soviets to organize and unite the economies in the eastern European countries
when did bay of pigs invasion happen
1961
when did brinkmanship occur in cuba
october 11-24 of 1962
what were teh outcomes of the cuban missile crisi
test ban treaty and a hotline
what was the test ban treaty
ban on nuclear testing in certain areas
what was the hot line
direct telephone line between the two superpowers to ensure direct communication and give the opponent an out
who was communist leader of china in 1949
mao zedong
whats containment
using american money and military force to stop the spread of communism
whats teh domino theory
americans beleived that unsettled countries taht shared borders with communist ruled nations would follow
who was ho chi minh
leader of nationalist group called the viet minh
what did the viet minh want
an independant and communist vietnam
which nations supported ho chi minh
russia and china
when did the US pull out of the vietnam war
march of 1973
when did the vietnam war end
may of 1975
who was american president in 1969
richard nixon
what is MAD
mutually assured destruction
what are the 2 ways to acheive detterencee
alliances and massive weapon build up
