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22 Cards in this Set
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ATTLEE
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Socialist Labor Party under him moved toward establishment of a "Welfare State"; formed government of England after Churchill; nationalized industries
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BREZHNEV DOCTRINE
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Soviet Union &allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need
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BRINKMANSHIP
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international relations involving the deliberate creation of a risk of war to apply preasure on the other party
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COMECON
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economic association organized by the communist states
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CONTAINMENT
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attempt to contain communism in areas already occupied by the Red Army as indicated in the Truman Doctrine
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COUNCIL OF EUROPE
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brought about by the Marshall Plan in 1948 as an attempt to evolve into a Parliament; but become only a multinational debating society
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DE GAULLE
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leader of Free French General that resigned in 1946 after re-establishing the free, democratic Fourth Republic
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DE-STALINIZATION
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liberalization of the Soviet Union
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EUROPEAN COAL &STEEL COMMUNITY
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international organization to control &integrate all European coal/steel production; "THE SIX"; W. Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, &France; economically close together so war against them was impossible
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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
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caused by Marshall Plan
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HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION
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1956; led by students &workers; forced soviet soldiers to leave; promised free election; renounced Hungary's military alliance w/Moscow; revolution was crushed by Soviet Union
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IRON CURTAIN SPEECH
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March 1946; Churchill; said an "iron curtain" had fallen across the continent
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KHRUSHCHEV
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Russian premier after Stalin; led de-stalinization of russia; reformer who urged for major innovations
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MARSHALL PLAN
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Us Secretary of State Marshall urged Americans to offer economic aid; refused by Stalin
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treay Organization; formed in 1949 by US; anti-Soviet military alliance of Western governments
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"PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE"
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Khrushchev's foreign policy; peaceful coexistance w/communism was possible
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SCHUMAN PLAN
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called for sepcial international organization to control &integrate all European coal/steel production
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TREATY OF ROME
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six nations of Coal &Steel Community signed to create EEC
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WARSAW PACT
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Stalin; counter NATO &tighten its hold on satellites
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PERESTROIKA
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economic restructuring by Gorbachev
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GLASNOT
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newfound openness of government &media
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RESTALINIZATION
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Soviet Union started a period of decline; saw de-stalinization as a dangerous threat
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