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The Cold War Part II: 1956-1963

The Cold War Part II: 1956-1963. Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

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The Cold War Part II: 1956-1963

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  1. The Cold War Part II:1956-1963

  2. Premier Nikita Khrushchev About the capitalist states, it doesn't depend on you whether we (Soviet Union) exist.If you don't like us, don't accept our invitations, and don'tinvite us to come to see you. Whether you like it our not, history is on our side. We will bury you. -- 1956 De-Stalinization Program

  3. An Historic Irony: Sergei Khrushchev, American Citizen Who buried who?

  4. The Suez Crisis: 1956-1957

  5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  6. The Hungarian Uprising: 1956 Imre Nagy, HungarianPrime Minister • Promised free elections. • This could lead to the end of communist rule in Hungary.

  7. Sputnik I (1957) The Russians have beaten America in space—they have the technological edge!

  8. Nixon-Khrushchev“Kitchen Debate”(1959) Cold War ---> Tensions <--- Technology & Affluence

  9. U-2 Spy Incident (1960) Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

  10. Vienna 1961 Khrushchev & JFK meet to discuss Berlin and nuclear proliferation. Khrushchev thinks that JFK is young, inexperienced, and can be rolled.

  11. The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961) CheckpointCharlie

  12. Ich bin ein Berliner!(1963) President Kennedy tells Berliners that the West is with them!

  13. Bay of Pigs Debacle (1961) • 1902 Platt Amendment • 1904 Roosevelt Corollary • 1947 Truman authorizes “hemispheric defense” treaty (i.e. “Rio Pact”) • 1948 Marshall leads 9th Pan-Am Conference in Bogotá resulting in formation of OAS • 1954 Operation PBSUCCESS leads to overthrow of Arbenz Regime in Guatemala. • 1955 Castro begins the 26th of July Movement in Mexico where he had been imprisoned for the Moncada Attack in 1953. • 1959 Castro overthrows Batista • 1960 Eisenhower authorizes covert overthrow of Castro

  14. Bay of Pigs Debacle (1961)

  15. Khruschev Embraces Castro,1961

  16. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

  17. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!

  18. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

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