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Isolationism

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A belief that America should not involve itself in the quarrels of Europeans and Asia and should pursue a plocy of military nonintervention

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Foreign policy

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Efforts to pursue national objectives beyond the geographic boundaries of the nation by engaging either diplomatically or militarily with one or more for even nations or multinational organizations

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Internationalism

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A foreign policy perspective that concludes that America’s interest in peace abroad and liberty at hone requires its permenant involvement in world affairs

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Cold war

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An era of intense ideological tension between the soviet union and its allies lasting from roughly the end of world war II to the collapse of the solviet union in 1991

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Truman doctrine

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A policy proclaimed by president Harry Truman in 1947, in which the United states would oppose the expansion ofcommunisim anywhere in the world

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Marshal Plan

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A multibillion-dollar American program begun after World War II for the economic rehabilitation of western Europe

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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Multinational organization formed in 1949 to provide for mutual defense against foreign attacks

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Detente

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A French word meaning “relaxation” that was applied to Solviet-American relations in the early 1970s

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Nixon Doctrine

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Proclaimed by president Nixon in 1969,a policy stipulating that the United States will support its allies with economic and military aid but that the allies should provide the bulk of the man power for their own defense

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Department of state

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Responsible for the routine daily functions of foreign policy, that represents the United States, abroad, it is involved in international negotiations, supervises foreign aid and programs, promotes cultural and educational exchange, and makes policy recommendations to the president

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

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Agency of the state department that coordinates economic assistance programs

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Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP)

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An agency of the State Department that directs overseas information programs

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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Agency, established by the National Security Act of 1947, that is responsible for gathering information and coordinating foreign intelligence operations in the federal government

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Department of Defense (DOD)

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Established by the National Security Act of 1947 responsible for formulating military policy and maintaining the armed forces

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Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

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Headshot the various armed services and their chair that advise the president and the secretary of defense on important military questions

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Multinational corporations

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Large companies in that carry on business in two or more countries simultaneously

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Military-industrial complex

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The Pentagon, defense contractors, unions in the defense industry, members of Congress whose states or districts receive considerable military funds, and academic strategies whose work is funded by the military

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Homeland security

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The effort of protecting United States soil, particularly from foreign or terrorist attack

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Developing nations

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anions whose standard of living lags far behind that of the industrialized states

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International monetary fund (IMF)

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A specialized agency of the United Nations designed to promote international monetary cooperation

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World Bank

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a specialized agency of the United Nation that makes loans to poorer nations for economic development