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MORE COLD WAR
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Samantha Stevens Serena -->
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Jeanie Sister Jeanie
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The Two Khrushchevs Reformer? Hard Liner?
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The Friendly Khrushchev DOMESTIC POLICY A.De-Stalinization * 20th Party Congress * “the Secret Speech” * Denounced Stalin! * Stalin’s body removed from red square
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The Friendly Khrushchev DOMESTIC POLICY B.REFORMS * Dismantled Gulags * Rehabilitation * Liberalized government.
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The Friendly Khrushchev FOREIGN POLICY A. “Peaceful Coexistence” * Competition between Systems. * Visited U.S. * “the Kitchen Debate” Ok, there IS no B : (
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The Friendly Khrushchev FOREIGN POLICY A. “Peaceful Coexistence” * Competition between Systems. * Visited U.S. * “the Kitchen Debate” Ok, there IS no B : (
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The OTHER Khrushchev “We will crush you!” Third World Revolution
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The OTHER Khrushchev “We will crush you!” Third World Revolution Technology: Sputnik - Space Race
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Sputnik! The Space Race
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The OTHER Khrushchev “We will crush you!” Third World Revolution Technology: ICBMs - Missile Gap Sputnik - Space Race
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I.C.B.M.s The Missile Gap!!!
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THE REALITY: US – 300 ICBMs, - Polaris Fleet USSR – 10 ICBMs, - 100s short range
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The OTHER Khrushchev “We will crush you!” Third World Revolution Technology: ICBMs - Missile Gap Sputnik - Space Race
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Don’t Forget This... Old Guard - Hard Liners “Too Much Too Fast!” Precarious Position. He’s got to watch his back. Sometimes... It’s not about us.
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Berlin Wall AUGUST 13, 1961
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Cuban Missile Crisis October 14, 1962 Recon Planes Report October 22, 1962. Blockade, DEFCON 3 OCTOBER 28, the Soviets “blink”
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EASTERN EUROPE Poland / Hungary / Czechoslovakia
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Poland 1956 I.Popular Uprising Poznan Hardliner Polish Government Represses II.Gomulka becomes Party Secretary Promises Reforms “Polish Way toward Socialism” Gomulka Communist leader 1956 - 1970
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III. Soviet Response? A.Troop Maneuvers on the border B. A “visit”
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III. Soviet Response? Khrushchev Gomulka Gomulka Backs down, Khrushchev backs off
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Hungary 1956 I. New Reform Government (late October) II. Popular Movement (inspired by Poland)
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HUNGARY 1956 Imry Nagy /NAHJD/ New Hungarian Communist leader 1953-55, 1956 (Prime Minister) Reform Minded: - appointed non-communist ministers - abolished one-party rule - political prisoners released
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HUNGARY 1956 Imry Nagy /NAHJD/ New Hungarian Communist leader 1953-55, 1956 (Prime Minister) The Last Straw 11/01/56 - U.N. suggested neutrality - out of the Warsaw Pact
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Soviet Response? Soviet Tanks Roll in 11/04/56
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11/04 to 11/10 2,500 killed
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Nagy’s Fate? Arrested, Tried, Hanged 1958 “Rehabilitated” in ‘89
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WHY Didn’t We do something? Gammel Nasser EGYPT 1. Aswan High Dam 2. Suez Canal Crisis Egypt vs England / France
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Czechoslovakia 1968
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Leonid Breznev Old Guard Stagnation. Military Spend ing 1964: Khrushchev is ousted
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Alexander Dubcek 1st Secretary of the Communist Party Action Programme “Socialism with a human face” Free Press, Consumer Goods
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Alexander Dubcek 1st Secretary of the Communist Party Action Programme “PRAGUE SPRING” Democratization De-Centralization
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Soviet Response? 200,000 - 600,000 Warsaw Pact troops
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Brezhnev The Brezhnev Doctrine?
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1968 to 1989 Stasis... And then all heck breaks loose
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TWO factors contributed to the “Velvet Revolutions” of ‘89
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I. Gorbachev
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II. Tiananmen Square Massacre 100,000 March 5,000–ish killed
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1989: First Wave Poland: –April: Solidarity Legalized / participate in elections Lech Walesa Solidarity
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1989: First Wave Lech Walesa SolidarityPope John Paul II
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1989: First Wave Poland: –April: Solidarity Legalized / participate in elections –June: 99/100 seats and the Presidency –New Non-Communist Government???
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1989: First Wave Poland: –April: Solidarity Legalized / participate in elections –June: 99/100 seats and the Presidency –New Non-Communist Government??? Hungary –Parliament adopts reforms ?? –Communist Party renames to Socialist Party – Opens border with Austria
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GERMANY ReUnification
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East Germany Erich Honecker –General Secretary –Chairman of the National Defense Council – 1971 to 1989
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East Germany 50,000 East Germans flee by Sept. ‘89 Mass Exodus by November September: GDR cuts travel to Hungary!!
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East GERMANY October GDR cuts travel to Hungary (late September) GDR cuts travel to Czech –Last way out???? Gorby Visits: –“He who is too late, is punished for life” Mass Demonstrations!!! –“we want out!” became “We’re staying here!” –1,000,000 gather in East Berlin Ruling Party ejects Honecker
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East GERMANY November -New government plans to ease travel restrictions -TV Press conference 11/09/89 at 6:53 pm -When will it be enforced?? -"Well, as far as I can see,... straightaway, immediately."
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East GERMANY November Bum Rush the Checkpoints –10,000s No instructions to Border Guards?? –Frantic phone calls –No orders?
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East GERMANY November Bum Rush the Checkpoints –10,000s No instructions to Border Guards?? –Frantic phone calls –No orders? Nov 9, 1989 10:30 p.m. Guards Open Border! Mass movement - greeted by Westerners
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GERMANY Officially Unified 10 / 3 / 1990
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GERMANY Officially Unified 10 / 3 / 90
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Helmut Kohl German Chancellor 1982-1998
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1989: They Just Keep Coming Czechoslovakia: Velvet Revolution –Nov: 200,000+ protestors –11/28: Communist Party Steps down Elections –Vaclav Haval elected President –Alexander Dubceck elected to Parliament Bulgaria –Nov: Politburo ousts commie leader –Feb: Party voluntarily gives up power –Moderate wing renames itself Socialist Party –Wins election
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Romania Nicolae Ceausescu General Secretary 1965 – 1989
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Revolts break out Spreads to Bucharest (100,000+)
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Dec 21 Army Fires on Crowd
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... But not all of them : )
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Dec 21 - Dec 25 Civil War in the Streets 1000+ died Ceausescu “arrested” December 23
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So what happened to the Dictator?
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Shot on Christmas Day
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