The 'New Look' and Peaceful Coexistance
A mind map showing the thinking behind both the USA's 'New Look' policy and Peaceful Coexistance in the USSR.
- Created by: Sam Brewer
- Created on: 09-05-13 15:40
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- The 'New Look' and Peaceful Coexistance
- The 'New Look'
- John Foster Dulles- Secretary of State
- Advocated forceful American policy against the USSR
- Aimed for a 'rollback' of Russian occupation for Eastern European states
- Massive retaliation
- Ultimate nuclear deterrent
- Nations wouldn't be able to restore democracy under containment if they were controlled by pro-Soviet regimes
- Example of ideological side of the Cold War
- Eisenhower wasn't as aggressive as his Secretary of State
- Wanted better relations with the USSR
- Ensured that containment remained cornerstone of US foreign policy
- Keen to reduce the possibility of nuclear war
- Didn't actually use this approach in the Hungary uprising in 1956
- John Foster Dulles- Secretary of State
- Peaceful Coexistance
- Khrushchev moved the USSR away from Stalanist confrontation towards coexistence
- He believed if they didn't stick to peaceful coexistence then the world would end in nuclear war
- USSR wanted to remain as leaders of the socialist world
- Particularly in the face of China's growing influence in Asia
- International tension had to be watched in order not to unnecessarily provoke the USA
- Spending on military security had to be reduced
- Policy was aimed to preserve the USSR position
- Insisted the policy was an 'intensification of the struggle of the working class for the triumph of socialist ideas.
- Khrushchev moved the USSR away from Stalanist confrontation towards coexistence
- The 'New Look'
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