what impact did the post- stalin thaw have on superpower relations 1953-62? unit 3 essay topic 1
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USSR POLICY OF ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE’ IMPACT OF DEATH OF STALIN: DEFINITION OF ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE’: WHY DID IT DEVELOP? LEADERSHIP CONTEST – BERIA, MALENKOV, KHRUSHCHEV IMPACT: REALITY OF POLICY BEHIND THE SCENES?TRANSCRIPT
WHAT IMPACT DID THE POST-STALIN THAW HAVE ON
SUPERPOWER RELATIONS 1953-62?
UNIT 3 ESSAY TOPIC 1.
KEY FOCUS POINTS:
• WHAT WAS THE USSR’S POLICY OF PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE?
• WAS THIS KHRUSHCHEV’S POLICY OR HIS PREDECESSORS?
• WHAT WERE THE USA’S POLICIES UNDER EISENHOWER, DULLES AND KENNEDY: ‘NEW LOOK’, ‘MASSIVE RETALIATION’, ‘BRINKMANSHIP’, ‘FLEXIBLE RESPONSE’.
• EVIDENCE OF A THAW?
• EVIDENCE OF INCREASED TENSIONS?
• OTHER FACTORS THAT LED TO A ‘THAW’: ECONOMIC REALITIES, NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND PERSONALITIES.
USSR POLICY OF ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE’• IMPACT OF DEATH OF STALIN:
• DEFINITION OF ‘PEACEFUL COEXISTANCE’:
• WHY DID IT DEVELOP?
• LEADERSHIP CONTEST – BERIA, MALENKOV, KHRUSHCHEV IMPACT:
• REALITY OF POLICY BEHIND THE SCENES?
USA FOREIGN POLICY; ‘NEW LOOK’, ‘MASSIVE RETALIATION’, ‘BRINKMANSHIP’ AND ‘FLEXIBLE RESPONSE’.
• HOW DID THE FOREIGN POLICY DIFFER FROM TRUMAN?
• IMPACT OF EISENHOWER, DULLES AND KENNEDY:
• DEFINITION OF THE POLICIES:
• WHY DID THE POLICIES DEVELOP?
• REALITY BEHIND THE SCENES?
EVIDENCE OF A ‘THAW’ 1953-1962?• DE-STALINISATION:
• THE AUSTRIAN STATE TREATY:
• SOVIET WITHDRAWAL FROM FINLAND, 1956:
• ARMISTICE IN KOREA 1953
• MOLOTOV CALLED FOR REUNIFICATION IN 1953
• GENEVA CONFERENCE OF APRIL 1954 – FRENCH WITHDRAWAL FROM INDO-CHINA
• REUNIFICATION OF AUSTRIA IN 1955
• THE GENEVA SUMMIT JULY 1955 – FIRST MEETING SINCE POTSDAM AND EISENHOWER’S CALLS FOR ‘OPEN SKIES’
• CULTURAL EXCHANGES OF SCIENTISTS, MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS
• KHRUSHCHEV’S VISIT TO USA IN SEPT 1959
• SUMMIT MEETINGS PARIS 1960 AND VIENNA 1961
EVIDENCE OF INCREASED TENSION:• USA’S POLICIES OF ‘BRINKMANSHIP
• USA’ INCREASE IN MILITARY
• MOLOTOV’S PROPOSAL OF UNIFICATION OF GERMANY REJECTED
• DULLES WALKS OUT OF GENEVA CONFERENCE 1954
• WEST GERMANY ADMITTED INTO NATO IN 1955
• KHRUSHCHEV REJECTED EISENHOWER’S ‘OPEN SKIES’ POLICY
• KHRUSHCHEV BOASTING ‘WE WILL BURY YOU’ IN VISIT TO US IN 1959 AND REFUSAL OF ENTRY TO DYSNEYLAND.
• PARIS SUMMIT 1960 COLLAPSED OVER US U-2 SPY PLANE SHOT DOWN OVER SOVIET AIRSPACE AND PILOT CAPTURED AND PUT ON TRIAL
• HUNGARIAN UPRISING 1956:
• WARSAW PACT ESTABLISHED IN 1955
• SPACE RACE:
• ARMS RACE:
• BERLIN CRISIS AND BERLIN WALL
HOW FAR WERE USSR AND USA POLICIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ‘THAW’?
• USSR POLICIES RESPONSIBLE?
• USA’S POLICIES RESPONSIBLE?
• ECONOMIC REALITIES RESPONSIBLE?
• NUCLEAR ARMS RACE RESPONSIBLE?
• ROLE OF PERSONALITIES RESPONSIBLE?
• YOUR OPINION:
• WAS THERE A ‘THAW’?• IF SO WHO OR WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE?