The 1940s
The Orthodox View
The Revisionists
Post-Revisionism
New Perspectives
100

This document was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in 1941, stating the American and British goals for the post-war order.

What is the Atlantic Charter.

100

Men of the Orthodox interpretation were primarily employed where?

What is government
100

The Revisionist view of the Cold War is primarily written in and associated with this decade.

What is the 1960s?

100

A world system in which there are two balancing powers vying to expand their interests

What is a 'Bi-polar' system?

100

After reading opened files from USSR archives after the fall of the Soviet Union, Gaddis revised some of his views more towards this interpretation.

What is 'Orthodox'?

200

This Allied meeting in 1943, in which the Western Powers agreed to open a second front against Hitler, was also known for Stalin's bugging of FDR's room.

What is the Tehran Conference?

200

George Kennan's 'Long Telegram' was seen as a call for this plan of action, which would become American policy for decades in the Cold War.

What is Containment?

200
William Appleton Williams blamed the US for the Cold War, as he claimed it was the intention of the United States to enforce this policy.

What is the Open Door policy?

200

This historian established the post-revisionist school and remains a leading voice of it.

Who is John Lewis Gaddis?

200

This person was in a better position to compromise to prevent the Cold War according to the new interpretations, but chose not to use this power.

Who is 'Stalin'?

300

This meeting in defeated Germany showed divisions between the USSR and USA, and reflected the attitude of president Truman towards the Soviets.

What is the Postdam Conference

300

This Orthodox interpretation by this writer blamed the Cold War on the USSR due to its aggression and imperialism and wrote the book, 'From Trust to Terror'.

Who is Herbert Feis

300

This conflict led to a surge in revisionist Cold War interpretations.

What is the Vietnam War?

300

According to post-revisionist historians, the primary cause of the Cold War was this.

What is 'misunderstanding'

300

The use of this by the USR to do things like steal nuclear secrets and eavesdrop on Western leaders undermined trust, which led to the Cold War.

What is 'espionage'?

400

This meeting of the Allies in the Soviet Union was held in a mainly cooperative spirit, with the 'Big 3' agreeing broadly on all major points of contention except Poland.

What is the Yalta Conference?

400
This Orthodox Cold War historian and friend of John F. Kennedy, primarily blamed Marxist-Leninism for the outbreak of the Cold War. 

Who is Arthur Schlesinger Jr.?

400

This blanket term was used to describe Revisionists (which was disputed in terms of its accuracy) grew out of student activism against American policy.

What is the 'New Left'?

400

The key difference between post-revisionism versus orthodox and revisionist theories, is that it does not assign this.

What is 'blame'.

400

A general belief in both the USA and USSR in their superiority of this made the Cold War inevitable.

What is 'ideology'?

500
This American program assisted German scientists defect to the US in the dying days of World War Two, including the future head of NASA, Warner von Braun.

What is Operation Paperclip?

500

This Orthodox historian and Stanford professor coined colorful terms to describe Cold War actions, such as 'international gangsterism'. 

Who is Thomas A. Bailey?

500
Revisionist Cold War historians claimed the USSR had little agency in the Cold War, and America's quest for this form of dominance was its defining feature.

What is 'hegemony'

500

The post-revisionist saw Soviet actions through this lens.

What is 'security'

500

This played a key role during the Cold War as both the USA and USSR vied for allies among newly created nations.

What is 'decolonization'?

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