1945-1952
1952-1960
1961-1968
1969-1988
1989-2011
100
George Kennan, the American charge d'affaires in Moscow, sends an 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan's analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America's Cold War policy of containment
What is Long Telegram
100
“to secure and protect the territorial integrity and political independence of such nations, requesting such aid against overt armed aggression from any nation controlled by international communism.”
What is Eisenhower Doctrine
100
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
Who is President Kennedy
100
Important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC).
What is 1972 Nixon visit to China
100
Demolition of ******** in 1989 signaled end of the Cold War
What is Berlin Wall
200
A major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National Security Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S.'s first peacetime intelligence agency
What is NSA 47
200
the practice of making accusations, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression against communists, as well as a campaign spreading fear of their influence on American institutions and of espionage by Soviet agents.
What is Mccarthyism
200
Known as the October Crisis. A 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba
What is Cuban missile crisis
200
Easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The term is often used in reference to the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States which began in 1969
What is Détente
200
Unilateral military action by the United States in ******. What ensued was the longest, bloodiest and deadliest battle for US troops in ******. In what later became known as the Battle of Mogadishu, eighteen US soldiers were killed. Images of their dead bodies being dragged through the streets were broadcast on television stations all over the world, horrifying and infuriating the American public.
What is Somalia
300
With deep knowledge, and experience on the ground in China, ****** had been reporting since the early 1940s that Mao’s forces should not be underestimated, and that the United States could not assume that the Chinese Nationalists would succeed against them. The U.S. would need to deal with the communists.
What is China Hands
300
This triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War
What is Sputnik
300
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group.
What is Bay of Pigs
300
the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf - January 23, 1980
What is Carter Doctrine
300
1. "Make no distinction between terrorists and the nations that harbor them--and hold both to account." 2. "Take the fight to the enemy overseas before they can attack us again here at home." 3. "Confront threats before they fully materialize." 4. "Advance liberty and hope as an alternative to the enemy's ideology of repression and fear."
What is Bush doctrine
400
An intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party
What is NATO
400
Terminology used in the US for the perceived superiority of the number and power of the USSR's missiles in comparison with its own. This gap in the ballistic missile arsenals only existed in exaggerated estimates made by the Gaither Committee in 1957 and in United States Air Force (USAF) figures.
What is Missile Gap
400
The foreign policy initiatives of JFK towards Latin America during his term in office between 1961 and 1963. Kennedy voiced support for the containment of Communism and the reversal of Communist progress in the Western Hemisphere.
What is Kennedy Doctrine
400
First, the United States will keep all of its treaty commitments. Second, we shall provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security. Third, in cases involving other types of aggression, we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with our treaty commitments. But we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense.
What is Nixon Doctrine
400
Mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority
What is Rwanda
500
1. Defending the Western Hemisphere and essential allied areas in order that their war-making capabilities can be developed; 2. Providing and protecting a mobilization base while the offensive forces required for victory were being built up; 3. Conducting offensive operations to destroy vital elements of the Soviet war-making capacity, and to keep the enemy off balance until the full offensive strength of the United States and its allies can be brought to bear; 4.Defending and maintaining the lines of communication and base areas necessary to the execution of the above tasks 5.Providing such aid to allies as is essential to the execution of their role in the above tasks.
What is NSC 68
500
A strategy of forcing change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment, which means preventing the expansion of that state; and with détente, which means a working relationship with that state
What is Rollback
500
It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty". This included involving armed forces.
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
Most sweeping changes to the United States Department of Defense since the department was established in the National Security Act of 1947 by reworking the command structure of the United States military. It streamlined the military chain of command, which now runs from the President through the Secretary of Defense directly to combatant commanders (CCDRs), bypassing the service chiefs.
What is Goldwater–Nichols Act
500
1) to strengthen the community of market democracies 2) to foster and consolidate new democracies and market economies where possible 3) to counter the aggression and support the liberalization of states hostile to democracy 4) to help democracy and market economies take toot in regions of greatest humanitarian concern
What is Democratic Enlargement
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