Peaceful Coexistence
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- Created on: 06-05-15 14:36
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- Peaceful Coexistence
- Definition: avoiding armed confrontation through peaceful negotiations
- Austrian State Treaty 1955
- Led to a withdrawal of occupying powers and the declaration that Austria would be a neutral state
- USSR's willingness to both accept Finland and Yugoslavia as neutral states. Therefore not liable to be subjected to joining soviet sphere of influence
- Removed a major source of potential conflict
- Geneva Summit 1955
- Dialogue between the superpowers
- foundations for PCE
- On the 2 major issues which the summit discussed, no satisfactory outcome was reached
- First summit since Potsdam
- Berlin Ultimatum
- Khr sense of superiority/ parity after sputnik. - needed to shower the USSR was superior
- Paris Summit 1960
- Summit collapsed due to a U-2 spy plane being shot down over the Soviet Union
- Khr tries to use incident to strengthen position against USA
- Arms Race
- massive retaliation policy - USA - best security ensure SU did not use nuclear weapons (deterrence)
- won propaganda war with launch of sputnik and placed faith in ICBMs
- Khr 1956 speech
- Condoned Stalinism
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