Chapter 19-20 Key Terms: Foreign and Military Policy

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Comprehensive opinions of how the United States should respond to world problems.

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Worldviews

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A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

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Isolationism

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A geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy, often used in the context of the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism.

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Containment

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The belief that the United States was harmed by its war in Vietnam and so should avoid supposedly similar events.

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Disengagement

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The belief that we should try to improve the lives of people in other countries.

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Human Rights

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A deep and wide conflict over some government policy.

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Polarization

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An alleged alliance between military leaders and corporate leaders.

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Military-Industrial Complex

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A global structure dominated by two superpowers.

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Bipolar World

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A global structure dominated by a single superpower.

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Unipolar World

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Exceeding the budgeted cost of a project.

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Cost Overruns