europe, the cold war, and chess warsaw pact: soviet union’s cold war military alliance. included...
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Europe, The Cold War, and Chess
Warsaw Pact: Soviet Union’s Cold War military alliance.Included Soviet Union and it’s seven satellite states.
NATO: U.S. Canada, and nine Western European countries.Formed a military alliance- North Atlantic Treaty Org.
Détente: relaxation of tensions
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MAD: mutually assured destruction
War by Proxy: when two powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.
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Cold War divides Europe for 40+ yearsEurope split into two armed campsNATOWarsaw Pact
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Nuclear perilBoth sides produce huge arsenals, including large stockpiles of nuclear wpnsEurope caught in the middleMAD“stalemate”
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War by proxyWe can’t fight, let’s each get our friends to fightKorean warVietnamAfghanistanEl Salvador
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ChessA model for political and military confrontationSoviets adopt chess as “mental gymnastics”
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Soviet communism and chess linkedInvest millions into developing a world class chess programProduce dozens of “grandmasters”
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East v. WestB. Spassky v. B. Fischer1972, “Match of the Century”Two meet in IcelandFischer wins, strikes a psychological blow against communism
Is this the beginning of the end?