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14 Cards in this Set
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isolationist
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deliberately avoiding a large role in world affairs
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internationalist
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deeply involved in the affairs of other nations
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containment
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the idea that the Soviet Union was an aggressor nation that had to be stopped from achieving its global ambitions
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cold war
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the two countries were not directly engages in actual combat but were locked in a deep-seated hostility that lasted fort-five years
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bipolar
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The US v. the Soviet Union; each side was supreme in its sphere and was blocked from expanding its influence by the power of the other
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unipolar
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the US was now the unchallenged world power
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preemptive war doctrine
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the threat of international terrorism meant that the US could not afford to wait until it was attacked by hostile nations
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unilateralism
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the situation in which one nation takes action against another state or states
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deterrence policy
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the idea that nuclear war can be discouraged if each side in a conflict has the capacity to destroy the other with nuclear weapons
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military-industrial complex
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the three components that mutually benefit from defense spending (military establishment, weapons manufacturers, congressmen with weapons industry
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multi-national corporations
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operating in more than one country
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economic globalization
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the increased interdependence of nations' economies
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free-trade position
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the long-term economic interests of all countries are advanced when tariffs and other trade barriers are kept to a minimum
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protectionism
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emphasizes the immediate interests of domestic producers and includes measures designed to enable them to compete successfully with foreign competitors
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