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Containment |
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. |
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Bourgeoisie |
the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes. |
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Nationalism |
The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. (The better interests of the country are more important than a man's life, etc.) |
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Imperialism |
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. |
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Mobilization |
the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. |
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War of Attrition |
a military strategy in which a belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel |
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Blitzkreig |
( German: “lightning war”) military tactic to disorient enemy by attacking in multiple short burst rounds with heavy damage and many weapons. Used to overwhelm enemy. |
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Totalitarianism |
a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. |
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Communism |
An economic and social system envisioned by the nineteenth-century German scholar Karl Marx. In theory, under communism, all means of production are owned in common, rather than by individuals |
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Adam Smith |
Philosopher and founder of modern economics during the industrial revolution |
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Joseph Stalin |
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953 |
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Harry Truman |
American president from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953 |
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Nikita Khrushchev |
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. |
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Mikhail Gorbachev |
He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 when the party was dissolved. (Helped bring the end of the SU by allowing more freedom to the people) |
