POLSCI 2XX3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Robert A. Dahl, Polyarchy, Liberation Theology
17 Dec 2015
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1 essay q (out of 3) 30% Notions 6 will be on the exam: cold war. The cold war was characterized by decades (1945-1990) of tension between the usa and soviet. It was called the cold" war because there were few attacks or violent incidents; there were no major casualties and no central battlefield. It was a war between ideologies capitalism (usa) and communism (ussr). Each side participated in proxy wars": examples: south america. Usa supported anti-left ( radical") movements in south america: cuba. The usa was concerned with decolonizing the world (which they believed would benefit the. Usa) while also wanting to prevent newly independent countries from siding with the ussr; the. Ussr worked on gaining alliances with those newly independent states, and each side attempted to gain alliances by using bribes, like financial aid (egypt turned from a ussr to usa alliance because of foreign aid)
