Today we researched our own topics i got to research Perestroika. It was a political movement for reformation of The communist Party of the Soviet Union. The literal meaning of Perestroika is restruction which refers to the restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system. Sometime it is argued to be the cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The goal was to make socialism work more efficiently to better meet the needs of Soviet consumers. It led to achieving greater political power than ever before.
Policy of Containment- containing communism
Truman Doctrine- Gave by president Truman. We sent money to Greece and Turkey to help them not go communist. Helped jump start their economy so they wouldn't go to communism.
Marshal Plan- George Marshal gave it. Head of all military operations. Gave economic support to all of Western Europe to build them up so communism didn't go there.
Brinkmanship- going to the brink of war and then not actually going to war. It was very dangerous.
Massive retaliation- When one country uses an atomic bomb then the other country sends one back
Mutual Deterrence- Assuring that
Mutual Assured Destruction-
NATO vs Warsaw Pact- alliance during the cold war was NATO pact saying we would protect each other with Western Europe. Warsaw Pact was the soviet Union's alliance with eastern Europe.
CIA vs KGB- spies that gather intelligence on countries is the CIA. KGB is the soviet union security that spied on us.
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