Peaceful Co-existence
Khrushchev’s policy of peaceful co-existence and the USA’s response; The beginnings of the Arms Race; space race.
As you revise this, you ought to know about Khrushchev's policies and their results (including America's response, the Arms Race and the Space Race).
Khrushchev's policiesOverview
He talked about
He talked about 'destalinisation', BUT he had no intention of letting the Iron Curtain countries go free.
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Results of Khrushchev's policies
Overview
Both sides raced to build up as
many weapons as possible. The idea was that this
would be a 'deterrent' to the other side, to stop them
daring to attack. America had more nuclear
weapons, Russia had more conventional forces.
By the 1960s, both sides had
enough ICBMs (inter-continental ballistic missiles), trained
on the other, to
Facts
Overview
Both sides said that they were exploring space
to benefit humankind - but really, they were just trying to prove that they
were more 'advanced' than the other.
Although the Americans were the first to put a
man on the moon (1969), it was the Russians who led the space race at first.
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Revision Focus This is a Paper 1 topic, so concentrate on learning: 1. WHAT happened 2. EFFECTS/ Importance Links
e-book on Khrushchev.
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