THE COLD WAR THAWS
How did each Country try to resist Soviet rule?
1. Hungary Nagy forms new Gov’t & orders Soviets to leave. Threatens to leave the Warsaw Pact.
Dubček tries to reform Communism by giving it a “human face” 2. Czechoslovakia Dubček tries to reform Communism by giving it a “human face”
3. China Splits from the USSR & spreads it’s own form of Communism in Asia & Africa.
What was the Foreign Policy of each President?
4. John F. Kennedy Brinkmanship
5. Lyndon Johnson Brinkmanship
Détente & “Realpolitik” 6. Richard Nixon Détente & “Realpolitik”
7. Ronald Reagan Break away from Détente toward increased tension
What was the objective of each of the following? Détente S.A.L.T. I “Star Wars”
8. Détente Reduce Tension & Prevent Nuclear War
Limit the # of ICBMs & submarine launched missiles in each country 9. S.A.L.T. I Treaty Limit the # of ICBMs & submarine launched missiles in each country Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
10. “Star Wars” To Protect the U.S. from Soviet Missiles
Father of “destalinization” Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Premier (1953-1964) Replaced Stalin Father of “destalinization”
Communist ‘Hard-liner’ Returned Russia to oppression Leonid Brezhnev Soviet Premier (1964-1982) Replaced Khrushchev Communist ‘Hard-liner’ Returned Russia to oppression