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21 Cards in this Set
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Samuel P. Huntington |
Wrote clash of the civilizations thesis on post cold war new world order |
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Detente |
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries |
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Palestine liberation organization |
Organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the liberation of Palestine through armed struggle. |
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Containment |
The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits |
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Marshall plan or European recovery program 1947 |
American initiative to aid Europe in which the US gave 13 billion to help rebuild Europe after world War 2 |
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SUDETENLAND |
Refers to land northern southern and western areas of CZECHOSLOVAKIA which were inhabited primarily by German speakers. |
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Appeasement |
Applied to forign policies of making political or material concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict |
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Mein Kampf |
Written by Hitler to outline his ideology and futute plans for Germany he wanted to expand east towards Russia |
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Enabling ACT of 1933 |
Amendment to the German constitution by the German cabinet to give Hitler chancellor tittle and power to enact laws without the involvement of Reichstag |
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Nazism |
Political beliefs of national socialism set by the nazi party of Germany |
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Totalitarianism |
Political system which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life |
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Winston Churchill |
Prime minster of Britain |
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Francisco Franco |
Spain dictator |
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Mussolini |
Italian prime minster ruler of national Fascist party |
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NAFTA |
The north American free trade agreement signed by United states Canada and Mexico |
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Globalization |
PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION ARISING FROM THE INTERCHANGE OF GLOBAL VIEWS MERCHANDISE AND CULTURE |
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United Arab republic |
Political union between Egypt and Syria |
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Cuban missile crises |
Avoided nuclear war with Russia discovery of middles from Russia on Cuba and the operation bay of pigs which failed. |
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George Marshall |
Chief of united states army secretary of state and defense secretary |
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Truman doctrine |
The United states would provide political military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat. |
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Cold war |
Political and military |
