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'PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE' - THAW VS NO THAW - Coggle Diagram
'PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE' - THAW VS NO THAW
SUMMITS
YES
existence of talks = attempted cooperation
Geneva Summit 1955 = first meeting of Grand Alliance since Potsdam
Austrian State Treaty peacefully negotiated neutral state in Europe
Ceasefire agreed in Vietnam
Korean war armistice agreed
NO
Paris talks broken down after U-2 spy plane incident
US persistently rejected USSR attempts to unify - Germany (Berlin Conference) and NATO (Geneva Summit)
Vietnam ceasefire was postponement of war - same as Korea
CRISES
YES
US/NATO non-intervention in Poland and Hungary = respect of USSR sphere of influence
Crises were contained within Communist bloc
US and USSR both worked to end Suez Crisis by removing GB, France and Israel
NO
Demonstrated lack of peaceful coexistence in USSR inability to stomach 'varied Communism' in Hungary and Poland
US still sponsoring anti-USSR propaganda with Radio Free Europe
US and USSR both vying for influence in the Middle East with Suez Crisis
Eisenhower criticised for not capitalising on revolts on Poland and Hungary
ARMS AND SPACE RACE
YES
concentration on space race was less aggressive than developing military
Khrushchev and Eisenhower sought to diversify USSR budget away from military forces
NO
man or a bomb can be put on a rocket
nuclear-tipped ICBMs developed in 1957 by USSR, 1959 by US
still confrontation and competition for power superiority
CONCLUSIONS
whilst the existence of the summits indicated a desire for greater cooperation, neither US or USSR were willing to cede power or influence in order to compromise with one another
The inability of the US to agree a unified Germany or joint security force matched USSR's inability to cede any ground in Eastern Europe
whilst they both wanted peaceful coexistence, the reality of risking the others' superiority in any department was too large a risk given the distrust between the two
BERLIN CRISIS
YES
no reaction from West
JFK indicated at Vienna that US wouldn't intervene if the wall was put up
NO
not peaceful coexistence as USSR unwilling to coexist with tempting capitalist prosperity or its citizens leaving to go to another place
was source of tension for decades
showed inability of US or USSR to compromise