| A | B |
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| Diplomacy | the art and practice of carrying out communications and relations between nations |
| Doctrine | a principle or position in a branch of knowledge or belief |
| Isolationism | a policy that seeks to avoid relations with other countries as much as possible |
| Imperialism | the policy or practice of extending the power of a nation over the political or economic life of other areas |
| Cold War | the post-World War II strategic and political struggle between the united States and the Soviet Union |
| Communism | a system of government in which the state owns and controls all property and production |
| Containment | a policy aimed at preventing the speed of communism by offering threatened nations U.S. military and economic aid |
| Allies | countries that generally work together |
| Bay of Pigs | failed attempt of the US to invade Cuba |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | the US discovery of the Soviet nuclear missiles stationed in Cuba |
