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United Nations

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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United Nations

an international group designed to promote communication betwixt nations

Iron Curtain

a wall that circumnavigated Russia

Truman Doctrine

He would support Democratic countries

Marshall Plan

The US financially aided Europe after WWII

Cold War

a series of proxy wars betwixt the US and Russia

kalt kriege

die kalt krieg wonnen eine aus Amerika und Ruschia

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Warsaw Pact

was a treaty betwixt the eight communist countries after WWII

Brinksmanship

the practice of going on the egde to recieve the best result

38^th parallel

a line 38* above the equator the splits north from south korea

Ho Chi Minh

Prime minister/President of the democratic republic of vietnam

Domino theory

when a country became communist the surrounding countries would too

Ngo Dinh Diem

First president of south Vietnam

Vietcong

the malitia that was agianst the US and South Korea

Vietnamization

A plan to train Vietnamese soldiers so that US troops could withdrawl

Khmer Rouge

a name given to people who supported communism

Third World

developing countries

non-aligned nations

Countries that refused an alliance with US or the SU

Fidel Castro

Prime minister/President of cuba

Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

He's an iranian leader

Nikita Khrushchev

was a leader during cold war

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party

John F. Kennedy

an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United State

Lyndon Johnson

the 36th President of the United States

Détente

the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

Richard M. Nixon

37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974

SALT

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Ronald Reagan

conservative spokesman who served as the 40th President

Anwar Sadat

third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

Yasir Arafat

Yasser Arafat or by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian leader

Camp David Accords

led to a treaty between Egypt and Israel

intifada

Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, beginning in 1987

Oslo Peace Accords

a set of agreements between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Mujahideen

the term for one engaged in Jihad. In English usage, it refers to the guerrilla type military outfits

Taliban

an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan.