The cold war era Flashcards
On__ USSR were worried that USA would invade communist ruled ____, ruled by_____
April 1961, Cuba, Fidel Castro
Who was the leader of the soviet union during the cuban missile crisis ?
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev placed missiles in Cuba in ____
1962
______ weeks after the USSR placed missiles in Cuba, the Americans became aware of it.
Three
______ was the president during the Cuban missile crisis.
John F. Kennedy
What steps did JFK take ?
intercept the soviet warships heading to Cuba, however both sides decided to retreat to avoid a full scale war
______ was the high point of the cold war.
Cuban missile crisis
The cold war refers to the _____,_____ and ____ between US and USSR
tensions, competition and series of confrontations
A hot war is _____
Full scale war
There were no wars in allied regions of the superpowers during the cold war. True or False
False. Small wars broke out in allied regions during the cold war
The cold war was only a matter of balance of power, military and rivalry. True or False.
False. It was all the above and also the ideological conflict as well as deciding the best economic, political and social system.
USA represented ____ ideologies and USSR represented ____ ideologies.
Liberal, democratic and capitalist
Communist and socialist
The allied forced were _____ and the axis forces were _____
ALLIED- BFRA
AXIS- JIG
The second world war occurred in ____ and was won by ____.
1939-1945 and was won by the allied forces
The first world war was in _____
1914-1918
What moment signifies the end of the cold war ?
In august 1945, USA dropped atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki.
What are the two critics views on the bombing of japan ?
1) The bombing was not necessary but USA wanted to assert dominance and stop USSR from making political gains in Asia and show Moscow who was in power
2) It was necessary to end the war quickly
What is the logic of deterrence ?
When two countries have the capacity to retaliate and cause destruction but neither can afford to deal with the consequences of the war. Deterrence prevents war but not rivalry
Two main features of the cold war ?
1) allies of the superpowers had to be rational and responsible actors and understand the risk of initiating war
2) they had to restrain themselves and avoid another world war
