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. How do Ideational approaches to US foreign policy during the Cold War differ from Realist accounts of the same period?

They place greater emphasis on economic factors correct incorrect

They place greater emphasis on material interests and power correct incorrect

They place greater emphasis on ideology and beliefs correct incorrect

They place greater emphasis on geopolitics correct incorrect

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. What features distinguish Socio-Economic accounts of US Cold War foreign policy?

A focus on class and economic interests correct incorrect

A focus on liberal ideology correct incorrect

A focus on language and culture correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine?

It indicated the special place of Greece and Turkey in American interests correct incorrect

It was Truman's first statement on European affairs correct incorrect

It indicated US reluctance to get involved in incidents outside of its immediate sphere of influence correct incorrect

It indicated that the US would now view all local revolts through a geopolitical lens correct incorrect

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. What was the Marshall plan?

A plan designed to aid the economy recovery of Europe correct incorrect

An attempt to diminish the potential attraction of the Soviet system to Europeans correct incorrect

An aid programme that embedded US influence in Europe correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. What is meant by the phrase 'empire by invitation'?

Voluntary reliance on an external power for security correct incorrect

Willful openness to colonization correct incorrect

Cultural imperialism correct incorrect

Open advocacy of imperialism for economic gain correct incorrect

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. Why is NSC 68 seen as a turning point in US Cold War Foreign policy?

It indicated the primacy of economic containment correct incorrect

It indicated a desire to engage with the Soviet Union correct incorrect

It indicated a shift towards military containment correct incorrect

It dispensed with the idea of containment correct incorrect

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. What was the 'Domino Theory'?

The idea that the Cold War operated according to the principles of game theory correct incorrect

The idea that certain states were of higher value than others to the US during the Cold War correct incorrect

The idea that the fall of one state to communism would inexorably lead to the fall of its neighbors correct incorrect

The idea that the growth of democracy in one state would inexorably lead to its growth in others correct incorrect

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. What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution?

It allowed the US to intensify its involvement in Vietnam correct incorrect

It illustrated the influence of public opinion on US foreign policy correct incorrect

It enhanced Congressional control over the Vietnam War correct incorrect

It curtailed US involvement in Vietnam correct incorrect

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. How did the Cold War context shape US perceptions of the Third World?

The US ignored the Third World correct incorrect

Local developments were viewed through a geopolitical lens correct incorrect

The US unreservedly supported decolonization correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Why do some scholars claim that Reagan 'won the Cold War'?

Reagan's first term military spending pressured the Soviet Union to keep up its international commitments correct incorrect

Reagan encouraged engagement with the Soviet Union correct incorrect

Reagan encouraged a softer approach towards communism correct incorrect

Reagan reduced military spending and this allowed the Soviet Union space to reform correct incorrect