Cold War and Collapse of USSR Flashcards
New Left
1960s counterculture movement that embraced Marxism to challenge Western capitalism and Soviet style communism. Student activists from Europe and America
Second Vatican Council
1962-65
COMECON
economic organization of Communist states meant to help rebuild East Bloc countries under Soviets
Warsaw Pact Members
Soviet Union Albania Poland Romania Hungary East Germany Czechoslovakia Bulgaria
NATO members
12 founding members Italy Luxemborg Belgium Iceland Belgium, Canada, Denmark France Netherlands Norway Portugal UK USA
de-Stalinization
led by Krushchev
reforms of Soviet Union from Stalin
“peaceful coexistance”
Helsinki accords
reduce tensions
Greenpeace
resistance in opposition to environmental issues
“May Events” 1968
invasion of czechoslovakia
France protests
Arms reduction treaty
signed by US and Soviets
1987
ostpolitik
ease diplomatic tensions
used by Brandt
Charter 77 Reform Movement
founded in Czechoslovakia
glasnost
soviet Gorbachev’s popular campaign for openness in media and government
Velvet revolution
relatively peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia; the label came to signify the end of the East Bloc in general
Brezhnev Doctrine
Soviet Union and allies had the right to intervene militarily in any East Bloc country to maintain power
