Ideology
a fixed set of uncompromising or fixed ideas about how economics, politics, and society should be organised
Capitalism
economic system based on private property, in which prices and economic decisions are made based on supply and demand
Free market economy
economic system where prices are set by supply and demand and the state does not interfere with competition
Proleterian
the workers (owning very little). The exploited majority who are able to rise up.
Bourgeoisie
the class controlling the means of production and distribution, giving them power to exploit the proleteriat
communism
a political and economic ideology opposing democracy and capitalism. It advocates for a society where the means of production are owned communally. There is limited private ownership.
Democracy
government by the whole (eligible) membership of a state, usually through elected representatives.
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World leaders34
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1: US, British, and USSR relations c.194565
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2: Developing tensions up to 194845
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3: The USA's involvement in Europe [Truman Doctrine, Marshall Aid, Comecon]27
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4: Conflict over Germany, 1947-49 [Reparations, Council of Ministers, Conferences, Berlin Airlift, and NATO]70
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5: US containment in action in Asia54
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6: The Korean War, 1950-5355
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7: Increasing Cold War tensions [McCarthyism, the UN, and increasing tensions]27
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8: Alliances and shifts [Alliances, Eisenhower, East German rising]53
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9: Krushchev and East-West relations, 1955-60 [Khrushchev, Austria, Geneva, Poland and Hungary, Camp David, Paris, and Vienna]45
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10: Cold War rivalries, 1955-63 [Arms race, space race, Berlin Wall erection]33
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11: Conflict in Asia: 1955-630
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12: Confrontation between the superpowers [Cuban Missile Crisis]23
