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14 Cards in this Set
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containment |
-Preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence -What Truman aimed to do during his time in office |
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Truman Doctrine |
-(1947), this stated that the US would provide economic, political, and military aid to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces -First change in the previous US isolationist foreign policy -Now signifies the start of containment |
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Marshall Plan |
-(1948), the US gave $17 billion to help reconstruct Europe following the war -Wanted to ensure that Europe was stable so that it would be stronger against threatening communist influences |
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United Nations |
-Established in 1945 to promote international peace and cooperation -Was called on multiple times during the Cold War to intervene by the US and other countries |
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NATO |
-Military alliance between mainly Allied, capitalist powers that guarantees collective defense if a member country is threatened -Began in 1949 -Was more just for show until the Korean War |
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Warsaw Pact |
-Opposes NATO -Began in 1955 -Military alliance treaty between 8 communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe -Soviets began this to maintain control over their military forces in Central and Eastern Europe -This was also partially in response to Western Germany joining NATO the same year |
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NSC-68
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-From US Security Council in 1950 -Stated that the US should fight communism with containment, which only furthered information said in the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine -Important part of US foreign policy during the Cold War |
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Rio Pact
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-Established in 1947 -Alliance between the Americas that if any one country was threatened, all would consider themselves to be threatened and subsequently help the endangered nation by providing aid -Known as hemispheric defense |
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Organization of American States (OAS)
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-Established in 1948 and is similar to the Rio Pact -Between US and 20 Latin America countries -Provided protection of the Western Hemisphere |
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ANZUS Pact
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-Binded the US, Australia, and New Zealand -Established in 1951 -Provided collective security for one another against communism in the Pacific region |
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New Look
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-Mainly began in 1953 -In order to fight communism, the Eisenhower administration increased the Air Force while decreasing the army and navy -Balanced Cold War commitments with the US budget/expenses -emphazised strategic nuclear weapons to deter potential threats |
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Massive Retaliation
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-During Eisenhower's presidency -Coined by Dulles in 1954 -Defined as the means in which a state (US) retaliates against an aggressor should be skewed so that the state (US) uses much more force than necessary |
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Brinkmanship |
-The act of pushing a country "to the brink" of war, but never actually engaging in combat/battle -Coined by Dulles during the Eisenhower administration |
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Eisenhower Doctrine
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-(1957), stated that a country could request US assistance/aid (military or economic) if threatened from an armed opposing state -Gave Eisenhower the leeway to intervene in other coutnries dealing with Soviet influence -Resulted from the Suez Canal Crisis (1956) |
