key terms - Policy of Containment - Policy for the united states that uses strategies to contain communism
Martial plan - Named after George c. marshal who issued the marshal plan similar to the Truman doctrine. Idea was to rebuild Europe to make sure communism doesn't spread there.
Brinkmanship- we need to be where war needs to break out but not go into the war
Massive retaliation/mutual - has to do with attacks on japan and when soviet union making nuclear weapons making the soviet union safer
Deterrence/Mutual Assured Destruction - fear of everyone dyeing to prevent nuclear warfare
CIA vs. KGB - central intelligence agency and the soviet unions version
Peaceful coexistence - to be peacefuller with all types of countries
De-Stalinization - to stop the spread of Stalin and his ideas
Detente - 1970's French for the relieving of tensions it was a policy that relieved political function between soviet union and U.S.
nuclear test ban treaty 1963 - banning spread of nuclear testing above ground
Strategic arms limitation talks - United states and soviet union got together to discuss nuclear weapons dismemberment and eventually became a treaty.
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