Conflict and Arms
an ancient Greek war fought between the Delian League, which was led by Athens, and the Peloponnesian League, which was led by Sparta
Peloponnesian War
collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the cities of Osnabrück and Münster; hint: sovereignty
Peace of Westphalia
international organization founded after the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; hint: collective security
League of Nations
no overarching power that oversees the international system
Anarchy
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
Isolationism
a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945
Second World War
the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I
Treaty of Versailles
general consensus among the Great Powers of 19th Century Europe to maintain the European balance of power and the integrity of territorial boundaries
Concert of Europe
the authority of a state to govern itself
Sovereignty
the cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each
Collective Security
the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990
Cold War
singled out the Soviet threat; doctrine by authorizing the commitment of U.S. forces "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."
Eisenhower Doctrine
conference held during World War II to make financial arrangements for the postwar world after the expected defeat of Germany and Japan
Bretton Woods Conference
a policy or ideology of extending the rule over peoples and other countries, for extending political and economic access, power and control, often through employing hard power, especially military force, but also soft power
Imperialism
generally refers to threats of military retaliation directed by the leaders of one country to the leaders of another in an attempt to prevent the other country from resorting to the threat or use of military force in pursuit of its foreign policy goals
Deterrence
negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union that were aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons
SALT/ABM
a collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states
Warsaw Pact
matching its power against the power of the other side; suggests that states may secure their survival by preventing any one state from gaining enough military power to dominate all others
Balance of Power
the relaxation of strained relations, especially political, by verbal communication; 1970s US/Soviet Relations
Détente
a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
MAD
policy paper among the most influential documents composed by the U.S. Government during the Cold War; proposed massive build up of US arms; hint: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
NSC-68
derived from the failure of the League of Nations to arbitrate the conflicts that led up to World War II; signed June 26, 1945
UN Charter
an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries; signed in 1949
NATO
term for the unprecedented historical period following the end of World War II in 1945 to the present day; hint: not exactly an accurate description
Long Peace
meetings, communications or agreements are those that directly involve only two countries
bilateral