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  • Created on: 08-06-16 13:07
US mock invasion in order to intimidate Cuba
Operation Quick Kick
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Domination of two superpowers
Bipolar World
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US policy of pushing the Soviet Union to the edge
Brinkmanship
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Soviet policy providing economic aid to communist states
Comecon
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Soviet policy of coordinating communist governments in Eastern Europe
Cominform
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US policy of stopping the spread of communism
Containment
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Policy introduced to liberalise certain aspects of Soviet policy
De-Stalinisation
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Period of decreasing tensions between US and USSR and in Europe
Detente
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Section of Germany under Soviet control
German Democratic Republic
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Link set up post-Cuba between US and USSR
Hot Line
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Financial aid from USA given to Europe on the condition that they opened trade links with USA
Marshall Aid
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Policy under Eisenhower, that the USA would respond to a Soviet attack with a bigger attack
Massive Retaliation
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Western response to the Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift
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Provide security for Western Europe during the cold war
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Improving relations between USA and China
Ping Pong Diplomacy
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The hope that the USSR and Western world could occupy different spheres and avoid war
Peaceful coexistance
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A mutual defense treaty between eight Eastern European communist states
Warsaw Pact
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US research program for a space-based system of lasers to intercept and destroy Soviet missiles
Strategic Defence Initiave
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Influenced US foreign policy by stating that the USSR had expansion plans
Long Telegram
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Introduced by Willy Brandt to unify Germany
Ostpolitik
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Domination of two superpowers

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Bipolar World

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US policy of pushing the Soviet Union to the edge

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Soviet policy providing economic aid to communist states

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Soviet policy of coordinating communist governments in Eastern Europe

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