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- 1IdeologyCan be described as a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
- 2PropagandaInformation that is biased or misleading in nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
- 3Yalta Conference 1945In February 1945, Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Yalta Ukraine. This conference came about in the wake of Germany about to lose the war and discussed how to deal with international relations post-war.
- 4Postdam Conference 1945Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry Truman met at Postdam to discuss issues regarding Germany, reparations and eastern Europe.
- 5'Iron Curtain'This was a barrier separating the Soviet bloc and the West that developed after the spread of communism in eastern Europe after World War two.
- 6CominformCommunist Information Bureau. Stalin set this up to control the communist governments set up in eastern Europe.
- 7ComeconFounded in 1949 the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) was an economic association of eastern European countries to facilitate trade and development.
- 8'Truman Doctrine'The US would provide money, equipment and advice to any country threatened by communism.
- 9ContainmentThe policy of containment was attempting to stop the spread of communism.
- 10Marshall AidAn aid programme of $17 billion to rebuild Europe post-WW2 and to create new markets for US goods.
- 11NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 12Proxy WarSupporting an ally in local conflicts without directly engaging with one another (e.g. Afghan War 1979-90s)
- 13'Domino Effect'This was the belief that if South Korea lost the Korean war and became a communist state then communism would spread to other Asian countries.
- 14POW'Prisoners of War'
- 15Treaty of Friendship 1949A treaty between USSR and Communist China, which sent aid and loans to leader Mao Zedong to further communism in China.
- 1638th ParallelThe demilitarised zone that partitions Korea into North and South. This is the area the armistice was agreed in 1953.
- 17Geneva Accord 1954An accord recognising French withdrawal from Vietnam. The US refused to sign it.
- 18NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration established in 1958 under the Eisenhower presidency, in order to develop space technology greater than the USSR.
- 19Checkpoint CharlieThe only crossover point between East and West Berlin during the Berlin wall crisis.
- 20Bay of PigsThe area were Cuban exiles landed in a failed operation attempting to overthrow Castro's communist government in Cuba.
- 21Inter-Continental Ballistic MissilesThese were missiles that were capable of carrying nuclear warheads thousands of kilometres e.g. Polaris
- 22Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)This was the idea that if either the US or the USSR dropped a nuclear bomb, both sides were capable of retaliating with the same move.
- 23Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963This was a treaty signed by the US and USSR in 1963 aiming to reduce the testing of nuclear weapons.
- 24Military-Industrial ComplexThis is a country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials. US president Eisenhower invested heavily here during the Vietnamese War.
- 25Guerrilla WarfareA form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants use military tactics including ambushes e.g. Viet Cong.
- 26Operation Rolling Thunder 1965This was an aerial bombardment campaign launched in February 1965. It involved the bombing of North Vietnamese cities, factories and the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 27Agent OrangeA poisonous weed killer to defoliate the jungle and expose the Viet Cong guerrillas.
- 28My Lai Massacre 1968In March 1968, US troops killed between 300-400 civilians in the village of My Lai.
- 29DétenteThe process of easing hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
- 30Personality CultThis term is denoted to describe a form of political leadership in which the public is constantly reminded of the goodness and achievements of a leader e.g. Josef Stalin
- 31GulagsSlave labour camps used during the Stalin era.
- 32Brezhnev Doctrine 1968A promise from leader Brezhnev that the USSR would not allow any Eastern European country to reject Communism.
- 33PolitburoThe principal policy making committee in Soviet Union.
- 34BoycottAn act of voluntary and intentional abstention from interaction with an individual, organization, or country as an expression of protest.
- 35Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968Treaty between the US and USSR to limit the spread of nuclear arms.
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