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Chapter 19
The Cold War, 1945 - 89
Term | Definition |
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Iron Curtain | a term used to describe the division line between the Western European democracies and the Eastern European communist countries |
Satellite States | communist states in Eastern Europe that were loyal to the Soviet Union |
Containment | the policy followed by President Truman in not allowing the spread of communism |
Peaceful co-existence | a policy developed by Khrushchev to enable capitalism and communism to exist side by side peacefully in the world |
Detente | an easing of tensions between the Cold War superpowers |
Glasnost | a policy of openness introduced by Gorbachev which allowed people to criticise the communist system |
Perestoika | a policy introduced by Gorbachev aimed at rebuilding the economy of the Soviet Union |