Trueman Doctrine - NATO & Marshall Plan, helping other nations stand a chance & fight Communism
Containment Policy - Containing the spread of Communism
Bay of Pigs Invasion - trained Americans to invade Cuba to discover the missile locations, failed horribly after three days
US Foreign Policy regarding Korea & Vietnam - Our foreign policy was the Containment Policy, and we promised aide to any country that may be taken over by a Communist leader
Intervention - No war going on, but high tensions
Cold War development - USSR ability to build nuclear weapons, Communism vs. Democracy
War Powers Act - President cannot dispatch the military without Congress's consent unless attacked or national emergency
WWII Foreign Policy vs. Post WWII Foreign Policy - USSR = allies, then after war, USSR = Communists = ENEMY !
Limited War - Limited men, resources, supplies; not going all out
Examples of Containment in Europe - Turkey, Poland, keeping missiles in Turkey
Main Points of Division of Germany - Republic West, Communist West
Douglass MacArther Dismissal - Invaded Korea against direct orders, fired !
Nuclear Test Ban - No new nuclear weapons
Long Term Effect of Vietnam - Troops gone for an extended period, coming back hated
Peace Corps - Humanitarians traveling around the world
End of War - Lifted Berlin Wall, Germany returned to own economy, USSR borders set
Domino Theory - When one falls in, all the others follow
Nixon's Détente - Eased tensions between USSR & United States
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