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Cold War Flashcards

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NATO

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1949, north Atlantic . Treaty organization Western European nations, military alliance

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NSA

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1947, national security act, updated the military established the department of defense and created the CIA. Plus the national security council

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CIA

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Central Intelligence Agency, gather intelligence, heavily relied on

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Warsaw Pact

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The soviets response to the NATO, does not exist today

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George Kennan

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Developed the containment policy, foundation for foreign policy

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Containment policy

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Keep communism where it’s at don’t let it speak

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Marshal plan

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George Marshall, Western Europe still recovering from WW2, could fall to communism, American aid was needed to keep Europe democratic, loans 13 billion in 4 years to 16 nations.

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Berlin blockade

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1948, Truman airlifted supplies to West Berlin, lasted 11 months, soviets didn’t like having east/West Berlin, Stalin tried to face western powers out to unify Berlin, cut off transportation lines to West Berlin, cost 224 million

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Chiang Kai sheng

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Nationals it leader in China when defeated went to Taiwan, U.S. Recognized this gment

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Mao tse-tung

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Won civil war, ruled until death in 1976

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Formosa

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Where nationalists went after losing the civil war

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38th parallel

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Where Korea was divided after WW2

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Pusan perimeter

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Where UN forces stopped Korean advances on June 25 1950

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Inchon

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Saved war in Korea- S. Kira maintained, port city, MacArthur plan to land 17,000 troops here would catch the north off guard

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Flexible response capabilities

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Kennedy’s take on policy of containment, strategy that balanced nuclear and contential spending, more cogent operations, had to win hearts of world

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General MacArthur

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In charge of UN forces, wanted to widen the war include China, Truman wanted to get out, April 1951 fired

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Bay of pigs invasion

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CIA plan during Eisenhower administration,JFK took over, try to overthrow Castro in Cuba, least likely place for anyone to U.S. involvement

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Cuban missile crisis

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Soviets placed offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba aimed at us, didn’t like Kennedy, Kennedy stopped U2 missiles but started them up again, kennedys secretary was removed

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Dien bien phu

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French city in Vietnam, suffer 16,000 deaths, after 8 years of war French leave.

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Geneva accords

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1) indochina given independence from French
2) split Vietnam in two at 17th parallel
3) agreement to have a reunification election
Diem didn’t go

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Ngo dinh diem

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S Vietnam leader supported by the U.S., not popular, didn’t bring promised reforms, monks burned themselves

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of north, mad after reunification didn’t happen his forces were Vietnim and now Vietcong

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Gulf of Tonkin resolution

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Response to Gulf of Tonkin incident, blank Check, to do whatever he needed for US, sea tuner joy was confirmed, USS Maddox never confirmed

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Operation rolling thunder

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Mar 1965 1st sustained bobbing comparing in Vietnam, pleiky happened right before

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Ho Chi Minh strategy

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Tiger/elefante wanted to drag war out

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Tet offensive

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Jan 1945 turning point in Vietnam, sustained coordinated attack in s. By VC and NvA American military victory

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My Lei incident

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William Culley ordered American soldiers to kill yoo-soo civilians. After Tet offensive

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Detente

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Relaxation, association w/ Nixon, restrain soviets w/ diplomatic agreement

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Richard Nixon

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Elected in 1968, promise to end Vietnam war, didn’t actually have a plan, bombingd in Cambodia hit the HO Chi Minh trail, worked with Kissinger

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SALT AND START treaty

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Combined limited numbers of nuclear weapons

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Ronald Reagan

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Conferential approach to communism 40th president

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SDI

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Strategic defense Intiative, pushed soviets to negotiate with US

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Iron curtain

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1946, used by Winston Churchill, descended over Europe, described enclosement between democratic west, communism east, speech given in Fulton Missouri

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