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Chilea - Dr. S Mateo
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chilean coup (1973) | On 11 September 1973, a group of military officers, led by General Augusto Pinochet, seized power in a coup, ending civilian rule. |
| Church Committee | The Church Committee was a U.S. Senate special committee established in 1975 to investigate abuses by American intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI, and NSA. |
| Comecon | COMECON, or the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, was an economic organization established in 1949 by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc socialist states to foster economic cooperation and development in response to the Marshall Plan |
| Cominform | Cominform was a coordinating body for the European Marxist-Leninist communist parties, active from 1947 to 1956, founded by the Soviet Union to exert control over Western communist parties and align them with Moscow's policies. |
| Communism/democratic socialism/social democracy containment policy | During the Cold War, the U.S. containment policy was specifically designed to stop the spread of Soviet communism and did not target democratic socialism or social democracy. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union, initiated by the discovery of Soviet missile sites in Cuba |
| Cuban Revolution | The Cuban Revolution was a military and political movement led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the authoritarian dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. |
| Cultural Revolution | The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement in China launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 that lasted until 1976. |
| Czech Coup (1948) | The Czech Coup of 1948 was a non-violent, Soviet-backed power seizure by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) from February 21-25, 1948, which resulted in a Communist one-party state and ended decades of democracy in the country. |
| Detente | Détente is the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication. The diplomacy term originates from around 1912, when France and Germany tried unsuccessfully to reduce tensions. |
| Dien Bien Phu (1954) | The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the forces of the French Union and Viet Minh. |
| Domino Theory | The domino theory is a geopolitical concept asserting that a shift in the political state of one country can trigger a chain reaction, causing similar changes in neighboring countries, similar to how one domino falling can topple the rest in a row. |
| Downwinders | Downwinders are people, primarily in the U.S. West, who were exposed to radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, especially during the Cold War. |
| Dr. Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove was based on a combination of real-life Cold War figures, particularly scientists like Wernher von Braun and Edward Teller, and nuclear strategists such as Herman Kahn |
| Communism/democratic socialism/social democracy | Communism envisions a stateless, classless society with no private property or government, while Democratic Socialism seeks to replace capitalism. Social Democracy accepts a capitalist economy and a market system but believes in a strong welfare state. |
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