PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SUPERPOWER
an extremly powerful nation, is one of a very few states in a ere when the world is divided politically into there states and their satellites.
UNITED NATIONS
an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among the worlds nations.
IRON CURTAIN
an ideological organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among the worlds nations.
CONTAINMENT
the U.S policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism.
MARSHALL PLAN
a U.S. aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after World War ll.
NATO
a mutual defense pact formed by Western nations in 1949.
WARSAW PACT
a 1995 defense pact between the USSR and Eastern European Nations.
ARMS RACE
a competition to achieve weapons superiority.
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
a period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966-1976.
KOREA WAR
a war between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea that involved Soviet and Chinese supporting North and U.S. and UN supporting the South.
VIET CONG
communist insurgents in South Vietnam.
VIETNAM WAR
the war between North and South Vietnam from 1950s through 1975.
DOMINO THEORY
the belief that is is Vietnam fell to the communist.
CONVERT ACTION
a secret political, economic, or military operations sponsored by the gover. And designed to support foreign policy objective.
DÉTENTE
the easing of the Cold War tensions and hostility between the East and the West during the 1970s.
DETERRENCE
The policy of building a weapons Arsenal so deadly that no other nation will dare to attack.
