Exam 7: East and West in the Grip of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin eagerly desired Communist revolutions in western Europe, but he was willing to wait because he and Lenin believed in which of the following principles?
B
Examples of the Soviet policy of "peaceful coexistence" included all except which of the following?
A
What was the result of US intervention in South Vietnamese politics?
The result of US intervention in South Vietnamese politics was a complex and controversial one. On one hand, the US intervention helped to prop up the South Vietnamese government and military in their fight against the communist forces of North Vietnam. This intervention also led to the establishment of a stable, anti-communist government in South Vietnam for a period of time.
However, the US intervention also had negative consequences. It led to a prolonged and costly war that resulted in the loss of thousands of American and Vietnamese lives. The intervention also fueled political instability and corruption within the South Vietnamese government, ultimately contributing to its downfall.
In the end, the US intervention in South Vietnamese politics did not achieve its ultimate goal of preventing the spread of communism in the region. The fall of South Vietnam to communist forces in 1975 marked the end of US involvement in the Vietnam War and a significant setback for US foreign policy in the region.
The European Recovery Program of 1947 is better known as which of the following?
The eastern European Communist states organized a formal military alliance called what?
Why did Nationalist and Communist forces resume fighting with each other after World War II?
Why do historians refer to the early Brezhnev period as a time of "détente" between the United States and the Soviet Union? To what extent is this justified?
By 1947, Yugoslavia was giving support to the Communist insurgent movement in which country?
Why did the Soviets want to build up a "buffer" of states in eastern Europe?
How successful were Khrushchev's foreign policies? Discuss at least two in your response.
When the United States, Great Britain, and France began to plan for the unification of their three zones in western Germany, how did the Soviets respond?
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