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