Truman - Foreign policy (Key Terms + People)

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Iron Curtain
Churchills metaphor describing the border between the Soviet East of Europe and the West
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NSC-68
A security policy document ordered by Truman and issued in April 1950 after the successful Soviet nuclear test (suggested increase in defense spending to $50 billion per year
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Containment
A policy created by Kennan which advocated standing up to communism throughout the rest of the world to stop it spreading
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Domino Theory
Once one country fell to communism, surrounding countries would inevitably fall like dominos
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The Truman Doctrine
A military committment to defend any country that was faced with takeover by an armed minority
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The Marshall Plan
Offered financial aid to to help European countries rebuild their shattered economies
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Brinksmanship
Pushing an opponent to the edge in the hope that they will concede first, especialy in politics
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NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Signed agreement in 1949 which said an attack on one of its members was an attack on all members
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Guerilla
A form of warfare involving irregular fighting, especially against a larger force
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Self-determination
The idea of letting the people of a nation decide on their own government
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Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister - had a tense rlationship with Stalin and spoke of the 'Iron Curtain'
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Josef Stalin
Succeeded Lenin as leader of the USSR (1945 -53)
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Dean Acheson
Early believer in the Truman Doctrine and the Domino Theory. Appointed Secretary of State in 1949 and part of the group that produced NSC-68
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George Kennan
Wrote the 'Long Telegram' in Feb 1945 and Wrote about containment in 1946
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George Marshall
Secretary of State until 1949 who came up with the Marshall Plan to help rebuild economies in Europe
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Douglas MacArthur
US General who oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 - 1951, in command of forces in Korea until 1951 when he was removed for ordering use of atomic bomb
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Mao Zedong
Proclaimed the People's Republic of China on 1st October 1949 (communist)
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Jiang Jieshi
Established the Republic of China on Taiwan after being defeated by Mao. Had good relations with US and Japan
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Ho Chi Minh
Fought for Vietnamese independance from France then against US
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A security policy document ordered by Truman and issued in April 1950 after the successful Soviet nuclear test (suggested increase in defense spending to $50 billion per year

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A policy created by Kennan which advocated standing up to communism throughout the rest of the world to stop it spreading

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Once one country fell to communism, surrounding countries would inevitably fall like dominos

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