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United Nations
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an international peacemaking organization founded in 1945 to provide security to the nations of the world
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containment
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a U.S foreign policy adopted by president Hary truman in the late 1940's in which the united nations tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countires to resist soviet advances.
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NATO
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the 'north atlantic treaty organization' -a defense military alliance formed in 1949 by ten western european nations, the united nations, and canada.
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truman doctrine
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announced by president hary truman in 1947, a U.S policy of giving economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents.
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marshall plan
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a U.S program of economic aid to european countries to help them rebuild after WWII.
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cold war
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the state of diplmatic hostility between the U.S and Soviet Union in the decades following WWII.
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brinkmanship
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a policy of threatening to go to war in response to any enemy aggressiom
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warsaw pact
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a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven eastern european countries.
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Mao Zedong
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leader of communist china in northern china
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Jiang Jieshi
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leader of nationalist china is southern china
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commune
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in Communist china, a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together
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red guards
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militia units by young chinese people in 1966 in response to mao zedongs call for social and cultural revolution
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cultural revolution
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a 1966-196 uprising in china led by the red guards, with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
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