United States of America: Geschichte und Kultur (German Edition)

Abkürzungen

A
Atom
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
ABC
American Broadcasting Company
ABC
Atomar – Biologisch – Chemisch
ABM
Anti-Ballistic Missile
ABN
Antibolshevik Bloc of Nations
ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
ACS
American Colonization Society
ADC
Air Defense Command
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AEF
American Expeditionary Forces
AFB
Airforce Base
AFL
American Federation of Labor
AFN
American Forces Network (ab 1954: Radio and Television Service)
AID
Agency for International Development
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AMTRAK
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
ANZUS
Australia-Newzealand-USA-Pakt
APACL
Asian Peoples’ Anti-Communist League
ASEAN
Association of South-East Asian Nations
BDJ
Bund Deutscher Jugend
BND
Bundesnachrichtendienst
CBO
Congressional Budget Office
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
CC/CCA
Christian Coalition of America
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCF
Congress for Cultural Freedom
CDC
Center for Desease Control and Prevention
CDU
Christlich-Demokratische Union
CENTO
Central Treaty Organization
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIC
Counter Intelligence Corps
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations,
CIP
Commercial Import Program
CNN
Cable News Network
CPA
Communist Party of America
CPUSA
Communist Party of the United States of America
ČSSR
Ceskoslovenská Socialisticá Republika (Tschechoslowakische Sozialistische Republik)
CSU
Christlich-Soziale Union
CWA
Civil Works Administration
D. C.
District of Columbia
DDR
Deutsche Demokratische Republik
DEFA
Deutsche Film-AG
DHS
Department of Homeland Security
DIA
Defence Intelligence Agency
DK
Demokratisches Kampuchea
DoD
Department of Defense (Pentagon)
E
Elektro/Elektronisch
EAM
Ethnikó Apelevtherotikó Métopo (Griechische Nationale Be freiungsfront)
EDES
Ethnikós Diokratikós Ellinikós Stratosin (Griechische Nationale Befreiungsarmee)
ELAS
Ellinikós/Ethnikós Laikós Apelevtherotikós Stratós (Griechische Volksbefreiungsarmee)
ELINT
Electronic Intelligence
ERP
European Recovery Program
ESEVM
Edinnaja Sistema Elektronych Wytschislitelnych Maschin (Einheitliches System Elektronischer Rechenmaschinen)
EU
Europäische Union
EUFOR
European Union Force
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FHO
Fremde Heere Ost
FNL
Front National de Libération (Nationale Befreiungsfront)
GAS
Gorkowskij Awtomobilnyj Sawod (Automobilfabrik Gorki)
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GMC
General Motors (Company)
GI
Government Issue
GLOBE
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
GULag
Glawnoje Uprawlenije Isprawitelno-trudowych Lagerej (Hauptverwaltung der Besserungsarbeitslager)
H
Hydrogen (Wasserstoff)
H. R.
House Resolution
HAMAS
Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Bewegung des Islamischen Widerstandes)
HCUA
House Committee on Un-American Activities
HIV
Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus
HMS
Her/His Majesty’s Ship
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
IBM
International Business Machines
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICOC/IACCD
Inter-American Confederation of Continental Defense
IFOR
Implementation Force
IITC
International Indian Treaty Council
IMT
International Military Tribunal
IMTFE
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
INA
Immigration and Nationality Act
INES
International Nuclear Event Scale
INF
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces
INS
United States Immigration und Naturalization Service
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISS
International Space Station
IT
Informationstechnologie
ITO
International Trade Organization
IWF
Internationaler Währungsfond
IWW
Industrial Workers of the World
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
KGB
Komitet Gossudarstwennoi Besopasnosti (Komitee für Staatssicherheit)
KgU
Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit
KI
Kommunistische Internationale
KMT
Kuo-Min-Tang
Komintern
Kommunistische Internationale
KP
Kommunistische Partei
KPdSU
Kommunistische Partei der Sowjetunion
KSE
Konventionelle Streitkräfte Europa
KSZE
Konferenz für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa
LBO
Leveraged Buy-Outs
LGM
Launched Guided Missile
LLC
Limited Liability Company
LZ
Luftschiff Zeppelin
MBS
Mutual Broadcasting System
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MI 6
Directorate of Military Intelligence, Section 6
MPLA
Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Volksfront zur Befreiung Angolas)
MRP
Mouvement Républicain Populaire (Republikanische Volksbewegung)
MTV
Music Television
MX
Missile X
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAFTA
North