End of the Cold War

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A policy that if a capitalist country threatened any communist country than other communist states had to intervene by using force
Brezhnev Doctrine
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A policy after Afghanistan where USA would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf
Carter Doctrine
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1949, East European economic union, set up by USSR to coordinate economic development
COMECON
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Communist Information Bureau to coordinate activities of Communist parties in Eastern Europe
Cominform
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Distribution of military forces within a given area
Deployment
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1987 - eliminated all missiles/bombs with short or medium ranges
Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty
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Missiles with a range to carry between continents
ICBM
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(Nixon) – offering concessions (trade, technology, arms reduction)
Linkage
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Each side has weapons so neither attack. If one side launches a “first strike” from bases and the other side’s radar detects the attack and launches missiles to retaliate
Mutually Assured Destruction
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These missiles could carry up to 10 warheads aimed at a different target
MIRV
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Afghan rebels
Mujahideen
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1968 – not give/sell nuclear weapons to non-nuclear weapons states
Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty
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1963 - banned nuclear testing in atmosphere, space and underwater
Partial Test Ban treaty
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Gorbachev’s economic restructuring
Perestroika
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1983 “Star Wars” programme, ground and space based laser armed anti ballistic missile system (would create a shield)
Strategic Defense Initiative
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Invasion of Germany at the end of WW2
Second Front
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Warsaw Pact countries decide on its own government
Sinatra Doctrine
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Reagan’s proposal to cancel deployment of US intermediate range missiles in Western Europe in return for Soviet dismantling of comparable forces
Zero Option
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A policy after Afghanistan where USA would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf

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Carter Doctrine

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1949, East European economic union, set up by USSR to coordinate economic development

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Communist Information Bureau to coordinate activities of Communist parties in Eastern Europe

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Distribution of military forces within a given area

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