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Appeasement - answer -Policy of making
concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of
avoiding war.
-Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of
making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
Schlieffen Plan - answer -German plan to defeat
France very quickly and then focus all their
resources on Russia.
-Intent was to avoid fighting on two fronts
MAD - answer -Mutually Assured Destruction
-Two nations both have secure second strike
,Meiji Restoration - answer -Japanese state-
sponsored industrialization and westernization
effort.
-Power handed over to the Japanese Emperor
Brinkmanship - answer -The practice of pursuing a
dangerous policy to the limits of safety in order to
back another party down
The Thucydides Trap - answer -Superpower meets
new challenger - war and end of both groups
-Cause of Peloponnesian War
Trip Wire - answer -Military force smaller than that
of a potential adversary
-Designed to signal the defending side's
commitment to an armed response to future
aggression without triggering a security spiral.
The Plague of Athens - answer -Dissolved social
order of Athens
,-Unprecedented lawlessness
-Anarchy
-Killed Pericles
Two Scorpions in a Bottle - answer -Neither country
has secure second strike capability
The Domino Theory - answer If one country falls to
communism, others will follow
Salami Tactics - answer -Victory by slicing off little
slivers and dealing individually
-Used by Khruschev against NATO during Berlin
Crisis
"the lights are going out" - answer -Winston
Churchill speech
-"Stations of uncensored expression are shutting
down"
, German Unificaiton - answer -Result of Prussia's
victory in the Franco-Prussian War.
-Orchestrated by Bismarck
-Upsets European balance of power
-Destroys Vienna System
Security Dilemma - answer -When efforts that
states make to defend themselves cause other
states to feel less secure.
-Leads to arms races
-Leads to fear of preventative war
"the rising power of Athens, and the fear this
inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable." - answer -
Example of the Thucydides trap
-Explanation for the Peloponnesian War
The Habsburgs - answer -Dynasty that ruled
Europe
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