Iron Curtain Speech
- Winston Churchill.
- Split Europe in two. Communists and not.
Domino Effect
- US gov. thought that if won region would believe in communism then all of the rest would.
Policy of Containment
- Policy for the US.
- 1947 George Kennan.
- Contain communism so the domino effect would not happen.
Truman Doctrine
- Truman 1947.
- Asked congress for 400 million dollars for military services and to fight off the communists.
Marshall Plan
- George C. Marshall
- Main guy in WWII. Secretary of State.
- Rebuild Europe to make sure communism wouldn't spread there.
Brinkmanship
- Policy used through the 50's and 60's.
- We have to be willing to go to the brink of war but not get into war.
- Just hope that the other country would back down.
- What if they don't back down.
Massive retaliation/ Mutual Deterrence/ Mutual Assured Destruction
- Were we had a massive response to the nukes to Japan.
- When the SU got atomic bombs.
- Both teams have the same weapons so no one will go to war.
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- US alliance.
- US, Canada, Western Europe countries.
- Warsaw
CIA vs. KGB
- CIA gathers information for the US.
- Made sure communism would not spread.
- Were involved in assassinations in the 60's.
Peaceful Coexistence
- The idea that everyone could live peacefully together.
- Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the SU after Stalin.
- Believed that war was not inevitable.
De-Stalinaztion
- The elimination of things that Stalin had done or put up.
- Khrushchev wanted to get rid of all things Stalin.
Detente
- 1970's. Relieving of tensions.
- Would relieve the political tension between us and the SU.
Perestroika
Glasnost
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963
- Cuban missile crisis.
- Started banning nuclear testing above ground.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks(Treaty)-1972
- 1972.
- SU and US get together and decide to talk about reducing the amount of nuclear weapons that they had.
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972
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