Brinkmanship - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The Cold War 40 year period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Latter half of the 20th century, Capitalist United States and the Communist USSR emerged as the two global superpowers competing to fill the power vacuums left behind by WWII. They competed for global dominance through nuclear brinkmanship and proxy wars in the developing world. Marshall Plan U.S program to support the reconstruction of Western Europe after WWII by giving them a TON of money, farming and industria...

The Cold War 40 year period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Latter half of the 20th century, Capitalist United States and the Communist USSR emerged as the two global superpowers competing to fill the power vacuums left behind by WWII. They competed for global dominance through nuclear brinkmanship and proxy wars in the developing world. Marshall Plan U.S program to support the reconstruction of Western Europe after WWII by giving them a TON of money, farming and industria...

The Cold War 40 year period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Latter half of the 20th century, Capitalist United States and the Communist USSR emerged as the two global superpowers competing to fill the power vacuums left behind by WWII. They competed for global dominance through nuclear brinkmanship and proxy wars in the developing world. Marshall Plan U.S program to support the reconstruction of Western Europe after WWII by giving them a TON of money, farming and industria...

The Cold War 40 year period of tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union Latter half of the 20th century, Capitalist United States and the Communist USSR emerged as the two global superpowers competing to fill the power vacuums left behind by WWII. They competed for global dominance through nuclear brinkmanship and proxy wars in the developing world. Marshall Plan U.S program to support the reconstruction of Western Europe after WWII by giving them a TON of money, farming and industria...

PRC/USSR/US RELATIONS IN THE COLD WAR - IB HISTORY Stalin & Mao, period - ANS- Stalin & Mao, ideological differences - ANS-- Stalin believe Mao's vision of peasant revolution wasn't truly Marxist; should use workers to lead urban-based war - Stalin fear Mao as Communist rival, didn't want Cold War in Asia - Stalin support GMD in belief GMD was stronger - Mao see Stalin as non-revolutionary, rather self-interest and wish for weak China Sino-Soviet Treaty of Alliance - ANS-1950 - USS...

Civil Litigation Notes for the BTC - Distinction! 2 of 310 OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTORY MATTERS 1. DISCUSS THE SCOPE OF THE CIVIL LITIGATION COURSE Civil litigation/proceedings is mainly concerned with the enforcement of private rights. When used in contradiction to criminal litigation, it deals with resolution or determination of all disputes other than criminal. Thus, it refers to all processes and procedure relating to civil actions in court. Civil litigation refers to the entire body or ru...

COLD WAR: SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS What year was PRC established? - ANS-1949 When did Mao and Stalin sign the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance? - ANS-1950 Terms of the Treaty of Friendship (Alliance): - ANS-- Military alliance against Japanese aggression and other Capitalist Nations - USSR would come to China's aid if any Capitalist nation attacked it Terms of the Treaty of Friendship (Friendship): - ANS-- USSR guaranteed aid to China - a loan of $300 million - Equipment for...

IEB History. Details the successive clashes between the USSR and the USA that comprise the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the context of the Cold War, this note studies this historical event through the lens of specific Cold War concepts (i.e. brinkmanship and sphere of influence) as both the USA and the USSR strived to push their own capitalist and communist agendas respectively.

IEB History. Details moments within the Cold War in which concepts like containment and brinkmanship are prominent.

IEB History. Covers the early period of the Cold War i.e. the tension between capitalist and communist powers that came to fruition in the wake of World War II. With reference to certain leaders and their policies as well as detail of particular historical events and historical perspectives, this note provides in-depth understanding of the Cold War and its genesis.