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Brezhnev Doctrine
Soviet foreign policy doctrine (from 1968) asserting the right to intervene militarily in any socialist state where socialism was threatened. Used to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968) and later Afghanistan (1979).
Brinkmanship
A foreign policy strategy in which the United States and the Soviet Union would escalate dangerous disputes to the edge of all-out war in order to force the other side to back down
Cominform
The Communist Information Bureau, established in September 1947 to coordinate communist parties across Europe and enforce ideological loyalty to Moscow. It was used by Stalin to punish deviation, most notably expelling Yugoslavia in 1948.
Cominform
The Communist Information Bureau, established in 1947 by the Soviet Union to coordinate and control communist parties across Europe. It enforced ideological conformity and was used to expel Yugoslavia in 1948 after Tito's break with Stalin.
Containment
The strategy of stopping communist expansion through alliances, aid, and limited military action.
Marxism-Leninism
Communist ideology emphasizing class struggle and revolution; Mao later adapted it to focus on peasants rather than industrial workers.
McCarthyism
The practice of accusing individuals of disloyalty or subversion without solid evidence, creating an atmosphere of fear.
Operation Cyclone
US program supplying funds and weapons to Afghan resistance groups.