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Detente
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a policy of reducing cold war tensions that was adopted by the united states during the presidency of Richard Dixin
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Domino theory
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the idea that if a nation fallse under communist control nearby nations will also fall under communist control
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Truman Doctrine
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announced by president Harry Truman in 1947 a U.S. policy of giving economicand military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents
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38th Parallel
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a line that crosses at 38 degrees north latitude, Japanese troops surrendered to Soviet forces
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Brinkmanship
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a policyof threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggression
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Iron Curtain
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during the cold war the boundary seperating the Communist nations of Eastern Europe from the mostly democratic nations of western europe
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Containment
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U.S. foreign policy adopted by president Harry Truman in the late 1940s in which the united states tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances
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Marshall Plan
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U.S. program of economic aid to Europe countries to help them rebuild after world war 2
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Vietnamization
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president richard nixons strategy for ending us involvment in the vietnam was involving a gradual withdraw of American troops and replacement of them with south vietnamese forces
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Wrsaw Pact
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a miliatary alliance formed in 1955 by the soviet union and seven eastern eurpean countries
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