Cold War Flashcards
(18 cards)
Truman doctrine
Established to foster western european unity
NATO
Policy to contain the spread of communism
Marshall plan
Backed by the eec to revitalize euro. econimy
Berlin blockade
Stalin blocks enterance
U2 incident
American spy plane shot down
Geneva accords
Divides vietnam 17 parallelo
Warsaw pact
Eastern bloc countries response
Korean war
Divides on 38 parallel
Khrushchev
We will crush you
Brezhnev
Introduced re-stalinization
Detente
Relaxation of cold war
Gorbachev
Bagan series of individual freedom reforms
Robert schuman
Plan to bind countries economically
Willy brandt
W. germany chancelor
Helsinki agreement
Sough soviet bloc
Prague spring
Chech reform movement ended
Charles de gualle
Wanted out of american nato
Decolonization
Asian and african independence movement