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Arms Race, 1953 - Coggle Diagram
Arms Race
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New Leaders
Eisenhower was elected president of USA in 1952 and he wanted to stop the spread of communism but was also worried about the threat that the USSR proposed from Nuclear Warfare.
Following Stalin's death in 1953, there had been a power struggle in USSR, eventually Khrushchev emerging as the new leader in 1956.
He immediately delivered a speech criticizing Stalin and his policies, this was know as DE-STALINIZATION and instead of being stark enemies with capitalism he offered a policy of peaceful coexistence saying that, "You do not like Communism. We do not like capitalism. THere is only one way out - peaceful coexistence..."
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