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History GCSE CCEA UNIT 2Buffer Zone - ANSStalin's concept of area around main USSR state of Russia, composed of
loyal nations
Brezhnev Doctrine - ANSJustification of actions in Czechslovakia ('68), citing duty of USSR to
protect interests of Communism if threatened
Capitalism - ANSAn economic system based on private ownership of capital, with freedom of
speech and regular, cross-party elections.
Communism - ANSthe idea that society should be based on public ownership and communal
control of property, where censorship is enforced and freedoms restricted.
Containment - ANSAmerican policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the
world
Détente - ANSPolicy to decrease tensions between the superpowers in the 1970's
Destalinization - ANSKhrushchev's move as Premier to renounce actions and policies
connected to Stalin, as well as overseeing removal of statues etc. honouring him.
Glasnost - ANS"Openness"; refers to a new era of media freedom in the Soviet Union under
Mikhail Gorbachev
Iron Curtain - ANSThe term popularized by Churchill describing the Eastern Bloc nation's'
division from Western Europe
Marshall Plan - ANSA United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe
(1948-1952), offering a proposed $13.3bn investment across the continent
Perestroika - ANS"Restructuring" of the corrupt government bureaucracy in the Soviet Union
begun by Mikhail Gorbachev and implementing more Westernised economic tactics.
Truman Doctrine - ANSPolicy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism - exercised in
Greece by giving $400m
Satellite States - ANSEastern European states under the control of the Soviet Union during the
Cold War, with puppet governments.
Puppet Government - ANSA government that is appointed by and whose actions are controlled
by an outside authority
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