Details Title: 20th ppl (cold war) Description: ugh Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 06/13/2005 20:01:56		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Head of the Romanian communist party, developed an inddpendent foriegn policy and actually refused to participate in the soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia Definition Nicolai Ceausescu Term Outspoken communist reformer from western Siberia who won the presidency of teh Russian Republic , took control of the nuclear arsenal after the soviet breakup so that neither us not former USSR had nuclear weapons staged against each other Definition Boris Yeltsin Term US pres. who was working toward ending arms race with USSR until a US spy plane was shot down over USSR Definition Eisenhower Term US pres., SALT treaty Definition Nixon Term initiated prague spring Definition alexander dubcek Term big 3 member, US Definition Roosevelt Term pres. of czechoslovakia , leader of communist party, forced to accept some reforms Definition Antonin Novotny Term leader of USSR, young, supported reform, liked in west, but disliked in USSR Definition Gorbachev Term US pres, not great diplomat, contributed to cold war tensions Definition Harry Truman Term Big 3 member, USSR Definition Stalin Term polish leader, made some changes but was removed from power b/c his govt was corrupt Definition Wladyslae Gomulka Term Soviet premier, respected Stalin, attacked intellectuals to remove shame of destalinization Definition Brezhnev Term US pres, Cuban missile crisis Definition JFK