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1950s: BRINKMANSHIP

1950s: BRINKMANSHIP. What are the Cold War policies of the 1950s?. The Arms Race. 50’s is the era of brinkmanship . US & Soviets try to push each other to the “brink” of war in order to get an advantage 1949: Soviets develop & test their own atomic weapon

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1950s: BRINKMANSHIP

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  1. 1950s:BRINKMANSHIP What are the Cold War policies of the 1950s?

  2. The Arms Race • 50’s is the era of brinkmanship. US & Soviets try to push each other to the “brink” of war in order to get an advantage • 1949: Soviets develop & test their own atomic weapon • Starts a nuclear “arms race” between the US & Soviet Union • 1952: US develops the more powerful Hydrogen Bomb (H-Bomb) • Instead of splitting an atom, the H-bomb fuses two atoms together • Soviets counter with their own H-bomb in 1953 • 1953: Pres. Eisenhower appoints anti-communist John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State http://video.google.com/video play?docid=-3597507450536748258 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNcQX033V_M&safe=active

  3. Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) • Dulles develops the MAD policy: if Soviets attack US interests, US will use massive nuclear retaliation • US begins increasing number of nuclear weapons & the planes to deliver these weapons • US CIA & Soviet KGB begin spying programs • 1953: Stalin dies, is replaced by Nikita Khrushchev • Khrushchev continues building up Soviet arsenal • Mid-1950: Soviet Union develops Vostok Rocket • This ICBM could deliver a nuke • Soviets clearly ahead in “arms race”

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