Iron curtain speech- speech given by Winston Churchill during the cold war.
Domino Theory (affected)- if one country had come to communism then everyone came to communism.
Policy of containment- To stop the soviet union form influencing the Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam to be communist
Truman Doctrine- Was a united states policy to stop soviet expansion during the cold war. US would provide political, and military help if needed.
Marshall plan- America helped rebuild Europe and Asia after WW11
mutual Assured destruction- If get attacked then will attack with the same force.
massive retaliation- retaliating back
Nato- north Atlantic treaty organization- an agreement between membered areas mainly in north america and Europe that provide a collective defenses form outside attacks,
Warsaw pact- a treaty signed by a bunch of communist countries that helps them unite together
CIA- central intelligence Agency- a government organization in the US collects secret information about other countries
KGB- The KGB was the security and intelligence agency of the soviet Union
peaceful consistence- competition without war, between communist and non communist nations
Glasnost- the law in the soviet union of talking about political happenings freely encouraged open debts
missile defenses system- anti rocket/missile system that can disable or shoot down a projectile being launched
Detente- countries negotiating to keep peace and end hostility- 1970s
brinkmanship- going beyond the limit of safety to play a dangerous move before having to stop
nuclear non proliferation treaty- a treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and the use of them inn war and to encourage peace and peaceful uses of nuclear energy
salt 1- froze the number of strategic ballistic missile launchers at existing levels
anti ballistic missile- limited weapons that would seek out and destroy nuclear weapons once launched
comprehensive nuclear test band treaty- banded all testing for nuclear testing
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