Cold War: Conflicts, Peace Projects, and Changes in World Order

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts from the Cold War lecture, providing definitions and context for essential terms associated with significant historical events and organizations.

Vietnam War

A conflict that lasted from the late 1950s to 1975, involving North Vietnam and its communist allies fighting against South Vietnam and the United States.

Marshall Plan

A U.S. initiative enacted in 1948 to provide economic assistance to European countries to help them recover after WWII and combat the spread of communism.

Gorbachev's Reforms

Policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s, including 'glasnost' (openness) and 'perestroika' (restructuring), aimed at reforming the Soviet economy and government.

Iron Curtain

A term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the ideological and physical division between Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.