MAD - The idea that, if one state uses nuclear weapons in war, the other would respond with the same if not more leading to world destruction, Arms Race - Compeition between the US & USSR over nuclear weapons & technology, Containment - US foreign policy during the Cold War to prevent the spread of the influence of the USSR & Communism/Socialism, Warsaw Pact - USSR's answer to NATO, NATO - Alliance of the US + Western European allies against the USSR, Buffer States - Country that is between two larger rival countries, Socialism - Economic system where the means of production are controlled by the government, Means of Production - In economics, the factories & resources for producing goods, Karl Marx - Father of socialism/communism, Communist Manifesto - Book written by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels highlighting their beliefs about capitalism, socialism, and communism, Capital - Money used for investment, Capitalism - Economic system where the means of production are controlled by private individuals and companies, Supply & Demand - an econthe price of a good rises and falls depending on how many people want it and depending on how much of the good is available, Adam Smith - Father of capitalism, Wealth of Nations - Book written by Adam Smith highlighting the tenets of capitlaism, Cuban Missile Crisis - The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba; US removed missiles from Turkey, John F Kennedy - US President from 1961-1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita Khruschev - Soviet Premier from 1953-1964 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Brinkmanship - the willingness to go to war to force an opponent to back down; game of chicken, Mikhail Gorbachev - Soviet premier from 1985-1991 to the end of the USSR, Stagnant - unmoving; stable; not improving, Glasnost - more openness with the nations of West, and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry., Perestroika - restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society, Sovereignty - Ability for countries to rule over and make decisions for themselves, Secession - the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance.,

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