Khrushchev Era in USSR (1953-1964)

I. Cold War thru 1953 (Review)

1. 3 Western Successes

a) Containment

b) Truman Doctrine

c) Marshall Plan

2. “Three Shocks” of 1949

a) Russia successfully tests A-Bomb

b) China goes commie

c) Trial of Alger Hiss

3. Formation of NATO (1948)and

Warsaw Pact (1955)

4. Formation of Israel (May 1948)

5. Stalin’s Final Yearsa) much of the same = purges until his deathb) totalitarian rulec) heavy use of secret policed) heavy industry @ expense of consumer

goods

II. Khrushchev & denunciation of Stalin1. Domestic policies

a)

b)

c) economic experiment

1)

2) “Sputnik”

The “Space Race” is on ! !

2. “Secret Speech”

III. Soviet Union Tested (The “3” Crisis)1. Suez Intervention (proved 2 things)

a)

b)

2. Poland

3. Hungary (encouraged by events in Poland)

4. What did actions of U.S. & USSR mean on a broader scope?

a) Western nations

b) Eastern Euro nations

IV. Later Cold War Confrontations 1. Soviets perfect

2. Sputnik

3. Collapse of 1960 Paris Summit Conferencea) negotiate

b) Soviets complain

c) American U-2 Aircraft shot down

4. Berlin Wall (August 1961)

5. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

a) the last Cold War confrontation to

directly threaten Europe

6. Leonid Brezhnev

a)

b)

7. Brezhnev Doctrine

a)

b)

c) Czechoslovakia