Key terms from WW2
Machtpolitik - German realist philosophy that sees the expansion of state power and territory by use of armed force as a legit goal (power politics)Isolationism - policy of withdrawing from active participation in world affairs to Imperialism - the policy of expanding state power through the conquest of foreign territoryBattle of Britain (1940) then Pearl HarborGermany lost Battle of Britain: Britain's RAF pilots were better trained. Britain's morale was high due to the bombings of London...back were against the wall as well. Germany never sent in ground reinforcements...shot down pilot was gone for good. RAF planes more heavily armed; Germany had faster planes however. Germany was too cocky. Hitler was too focused on one city (London), thus Brit only had to defend one area. Brit had radar.Germany had many more pilots than Britain did as well as planes. Their planes were more maneuverable and faster than Brits. Germany was moving on a undefeated winning streak, vast ego.
Germany was never able to get a single troop on Brit thus GB's nationalism and more grew. Extended deterrence - A great powers commitment to its allies to use its military might to prevent them from being attacked by an enemy. Germany realized it was not unstoppable, and motivation was given to the allied cause. Yalta conference, 1945 meeting between FD, Stalin and Churchill to resolve postwar territorial issues, voting procedures Sphere of influence - region of the globe dominated by a great powerPower transition - narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great-power rivals that is thought to increase the probability of war between themSelf fulfilling prophecy - the tendency for ones expectations to stir up behavior that helps to make expectations come trueSecurity dilemma - the central problem faced by all sovereign states in an anarchic global system in which a states arming for ostensibly defensive purposes provokes other states to arm in response, with the result that the national security of all declines as their armaments . IE when USSR got nuke capabilitiesDomino theory - if one state fell to communism, its neighboring states would fall to it as well. Cold War - 1949Power transition - a narrowing of the ratio of military capabilities between great power rivals that is thought to increase the probability of war between them. Balance of power - the theory that peace and stability are mostly likely to be maintained when military power is distributed so no one power has dominationCollective security - security regime agreed to by the great powers setting rules for keeping peace, guided by the principle that an act of aggression by any state will be met by a collective response from the restHegemon - a single overwhelming powerful state Hegemonic Stability Theory - a body of theory that says that a hegemon is a necessary condition for global order in commercial transactions and international military securityEnduring Rivalries - prolonged competition between great powers that often times lead to warCounterfactual reasoning - speculations about historical events and developments that ask how the world might have changed had certain momentous foreign policy choices had not been takenStructuralism - states behavior is shaped primarily by the changes in the properties of the global system, instead of by individual heads or internal changesFascism - A far right ideology that promotes extreme nationalism and an authoritarian society built around a single party with dictatorial leadershipIrredentism - movement by an ethno national group to regain control of a territory by force so that existing state boundaries will no longer divide the groupColonialism - rule of a region by an external sovereign powerAppeasement - making concessions to an aggressor state without retaliation in hope that the nation will be satisfied and not make additional claims on the territory of its neighborsMulti-polarity - the distribution of global power into three or more great power centers with other states allied with one of the rivalsProtectionism - barriers of foreign trade, such as tariffs and quotas, that protect local industries from competition for the purchase of the products local manufactures produce ->promotes local businessesWW2 alliance of US + USSR is odd, different ideologies.
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