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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{What was the Warsaw Pact}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The Warsaw Pact, officially known as the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance," was a military alliance of communist nations in Eastern Europe} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Formed in 1955 as a counterbalance to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), it was a key element of the Cold War geopolitical landscape} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.18988 cm} x{2.78712 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Historical Context}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Post WWII Division of Europe}} & After World War II, Europe was divided into Western and Eastern blocs, controlled by the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 7) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & The "Iron Curtain" metaphorically represented the division between the capitalist West and the communist East \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Formation of NATO (1949)}} & NATO was formed by Western nations as a collective defense alliance against the perceived threat of Soviet expansion \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & This led to heightened tensions and the militarization of Europe \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.74195 cm} x{3.23505 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Creation of the Warsaw Pact}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Formation (1955)}} & The Warsaw Pact was signed on May 14, 1955, in Warsaw, Poland \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & The founding members included the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Albania later withdrew from the pact in 1968 due to ideological differences \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Goals \& Objectives}} & The primary aim was to establish a unified military command under Soviet control \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & It was also meant to serve as a mechanism for the Soviet Union to maintain control over its satellite states in Eastern Europe \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.04057 cm} x{2.93643 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Structure \& Functioning}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Unified Military Command}} & The Soviet Union held a dominant position in the Warsaw Pact, with Soviet generals often leading the alliance's military command \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & The pact members were obligated to support each other in case of an attack on any member state \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Political Control}} & The Warsaw Pact was not only a military alliance but also a tool for the Soviet Union to exert political influence over its allies \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Member states had limited autonomy and were expected to follow the Soviet Union's lead in international affairs \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Events Involving the Warsaw Pact}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Hungarian Uprising (1956)}} & A nationwide revolt against the Soviet-imposed policies in Hungary was crushed by Warsaw Pact forces \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & This intervention demonstrated the Soviet Union's willingness to use military force to maintain control over its allies \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Prague Spring (1968)}} & A period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia, known as the Prague Spring, was ended by a Warsaw Pact invasion led by the Soviet Union \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & This event further solidified the notion that the Warsaw Pact was a mechanism for Soviet domination rather than mutual defense \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Poland and Martial Law (1981)}} & The rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland led to fears of a Warsaw Pact intervention \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & Although direct military intervention was avoided, the Polish government imposed martial law under pressure from the Soviet Union \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Decline and Dissolution}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Gorbachev's Reforms}} & Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) in the 1980s led to the loosening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & These reforms encouraged movements for independence and democracy in Warsaw Pact countries \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Collapse of Communist Regimes}} & The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of communist governments across Eastern Europe marked the decline of the Warsaw Pact \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & The alliance became increasingly irrelevant as former member states sought closer ties with the West \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Official Dissolution (1991)}} & The Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved on July 1, 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union \tn % Row Count 30 (+ 5) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Decline and Dissolution (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Many former Warsaw Pact members later joined NATO, symbolizing a significant shift in European geopolitics \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.9908 cm} x{2.9862 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Legacy and Impact}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Impact on the Cold War}} & The Warsaw Pact played a crucial role in maintaining the division of Europe and sustaining the Cold War's bipolar world order \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Human Rights Violations}} & The use of Warsaw Pact forces to suppress uprisings in member states led to widespread human rights abuses and resentment against Soviet domination \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Post-Cold War Europe}} & The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact contributed to the end of the Cold War and the eventual reunification of Europe \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & The legacy of the pact still influences relations between Russia and the former Eastern Bloc countries \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.33919 cm} x{2.63781 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Conclusion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Significance of the Warsaw Pact}} & The Warsaw Pact was a key instrument of Soviet power in Eastern Europe and a central element of Cold War tensions \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Its history illustrates the dynamics of power, control, and resistance in the context of Cold War geopolitics \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}