Across
- 4. military strategy where a nation threatens to respond to an attack with overwhelming force
- 7. Country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991
- 8. U.S. foreign policy implemented during the Cold War aimed at preventing the spread of communism
- 11. policy that suggested the fall of one nation to communism would lead to the swift collapse of neighboring states
- 12. U.S. foreign policy that pledges American support for democratic nations against authoritarian threats
- 14. Explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions
Down
- 1. Massive air transport operation undertaken by the United States, Great Britain, and France in 1948-1949
- 2. Intergovernmental transnational military alliance
- 3. International organization formed after World War I
- 5. Intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security
- 6. One of the six principal organs of the United Nations charged with ensuring international peace and security
- 9. A classless society where the means of production are owned by the government
- 10. Alliance of the United States, Western European countries and members of the British Commonwealth
- 13. Provided economic aid to Western Europe after World War II
- 15. Military alliance established in 1955 by the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc countries in Central and Eastern Europe