1. Eisenhower and the Cold War

2. I. Brinkmanship Prevent the spread of communism by promising to
use all military force, including nuclear weapons,
against any aggressor nation

3. II. Warsaw Pact, 1953
In response to W. Germany joining NATO the Soviets form their own military alliance with 7 other E. European nations.

4. III. New Soviet Leadership
Nikita Khrushchev favored a policy of peaceful coexistence in which the two powers would compete economically and scientifically.

5. IV. The Space race
Soviet Union takes an early lead with the launch of Sputnik. (the worlds first artificial satellite.)

6. V. A U-2 is shot down!
Khrushchev calls off peace talks and the 1960s opened with tension between the two superpowers as great as ever.

7. U-2
Sputnik