Peaceful Coexistence
- Created by: Will Miller
- Created on: 31-05-13 06:31
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- Peaceful Coexistence
- US
- Cause
- Ike aware of dangers of nukes
- New Look aimed to reduce military spending
- Conscious of growth and power of the MIC
- Anti-communist so immune to attacks
- In private, very cautious
- Self-confident, believed in diplomacy
- Hard line policies encourages negotiations + deterred conflict
- Knew of nuclear superiority - negotiate from advantageous position
- Collapse
- Continued to increase arms expenditure
- Deep mistrust - not fully committed
- Extremely hard line policies to contain communism
- Provoked K with continued U" flights
- Flexible Response - trying to prevent spread
- Cause
- USSR
- Collapse
- Ended Paris Summit
- Tried to dominate JFK - young and inexperienced
- Mistrust - even at Disneyland
- Never fully committed
- Crushed Hungarian Uprising
- Berlin crisis + wall
- Cause
- New-Course - war no longer inevitable
- De-stalinisation
- Stalin's death
- Ideology would prevail anyway
- Iron curtain been defined
- Nukes crippling the economy
- Collapse
- US
- Cause
- New-Course - war no longer inevitable
- De-stalinisation
- Stalin's death
- Ideology would prevail anyway
- Iron curtain been defined
- Nukes crippling the economy
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