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50s Foreign Policy

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Proposal of massive American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and maintain democracy in Europe Marshall Plan
Stated that the US would support any nation threatened by Communism; issued in response to Communist movements and Soviet aggression in Turkey and Greece Truman Doctrine
Created in 1946 to oversee the research and production of atomic power Atomic Energy Commission
Response to Soviet blockade of Berlin; at its height, an airplane was landing every few minutes Berlin airlift
Leader of the nationalists in the Chinese Civil War who fled with his followers to Formosa or Taiwan Chiang Kai-Shek
Leader of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War Mao Zedong
A member of the State Department, he felt that the best way to keep Communism out of Europe was to confront the Russians wherever they tried to spread their power Geroge F. Kennan
Soviet leader and successor to Stalin who wanted peaceful coexistence with the US Khrushchev
French fortress in North Vietnam destroyed by the Viet Minh; led to the withdrawal of France from Indochina Dien Bien Phu
Communist leader of the North Vietnamese who led the uprising against the French colonial government Ho Chi Minh
Created in 1949; the 11 member nations agreed to fight for each other if attacked NATO
Soviet effort taken in the hopes that the West would give the entire city of Berlin to the Soviets to administer Berlin blockade
The principle of not backing down in a crisis, even if it meant taking the country almost to war Brinksmanship
Proposal and joint resolution by Congress authorizing the use of US military forces to intervene in any country that appeared likely to fall to communism; used in the Middle East Eisenhower Doctrine
Formed in response to NATO, a military organization of the USSR and nations of Eastern Europe; gave the Soviets an excuse for garrisoning troops in these countries Warsaw Pact
Secretary of State who viewed the struggle against Communism as a classic conflict between good and evil; believed in brinksmanship John Foster Dulles
In 1956, this country tried to overthrow the Communist government; it was partly encouraged by the US but America did little to help and the rebellion was crushed Hungary
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