1 / 12

The Cold War Thaws

The Cold War Thaws. World History Mr. Owen Spring 2010!. Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe. Background Satellite Nations = Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania, and East Germany Their industry was catered to USSR. Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe.

rafe
Download Presentation

The Cold War Thaws

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Cold War Thaws World History Mr. Owen Spring 2010!

  2. Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe • Background • Satellite Nations = Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Albania, and East Germany • Their industry was catered to USSR

  3. Soviets Dominate Eastern Europe • March 5, 1953  Stalin Dies • Nikita Krushchev come to power • Destalination (De-Stalin-ation) • Denouced Stalin for jailing and killing • “Peaceful Competition” with capitalists

  4. Opposition from Satellite Nations • October 1953  Hungary • Army + Protesters overthrew GOV • Imre Nagy (IHM-ray nahj) formed new GOV • Promised free elections • Soviets respond • Used tanks and infantry • Invaded Budapest • New GOV of pro-soviet leaders • Nagy executed

  5. Brezhnev and the Revolt in Czechoslovakia • Krushchev lost prestige as a result of Cuba Missile crisis • 1964 he is removed from power • Leonid Brezhnev is his replacement • He is the opposite of Krushchev • Oppessive, censors, strict laws • Made it clear he would not accept descent

  6. Brezhnev and the Revolt in Czechoslovakia • Prague Spring • Alexander Dubcek • Loosened censorship controls • Offer a new “human face” to socialism • Type of reform  new ideas “bloomed” • Get it? Prague Spring? • August 20, 1968 Warsaw Pact Nations invaded • Justified because they were stopping the rejecting of communism

  7. Split with China • 1950 Mao and Stalin signed a 30-year treaty of friendship • Sometimes BFFs don’t last for F • China grew tired of being the “junior partner” • Began to spread their own form of communism • 1959 Soviets cut off tech support for China

  8. From Brinkmanship to Detente

  9. Brinkmanship Breaks Down • Brinkmanship Failed • It just brought crisis after crisis • U2 Incident • Cuban Missile Crisis • These actions prevented a calming • Popular protests against Vietnam War

  10. The United States Embraces Detente • Détente • A policy of loosened Cold War tensions • Came from realpolitik • Replaced brinkmanship • During administration of Richard Nixon • Change of policy • Went to Communist China • Realpolitik • German origin • Meant to deal with other nations in a practical manner

  11. Nixon Visits the Communist Superpowers • 1972 Visited Beijing • Three months later went to USSR • Began series of meeting called (SALT) • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks • 1973 a limit was set • Helsinki Accords • 1975, 33 nations joined USA and USSR in commitment to Détente

  12. Detente Cools • 1981 Ronald Reagan Takes Office • Leads retreat from Détente • 1983 Announces Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) • Star Wars  nickname from movie • Tensions increase • A shift in power in USSR leads to final thaw of Cold War

More Related