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‘Peaceful coexistence failed by 1961 because neither East nor west was…

- - - - CAVEAT: Though Kennedy ultimately ignored the ultimatum..and Kennedy increased military spending...
        
        Kruschev's concern with mass migration (2.7 million had moved from East to West by 1961 since 1945) and brain drain from East to West led him to (overnight) build the Berlin wall in 1961
        
        The wall graduated from seemingly temporary barbed wire to concerete walls, where trespassers were shot
        
        Was a propaganda success for the USA
  - - - The Soviets supported Fidel Castro's regime, increasing trade with Cuba etc
- - - - The Bay of Pigs uprising was unsuccessful, the exiles were outnumbered by the Cubans
        
        The Bay of Pigs failed due to poor planning, a lack of US air support and miscalculations by the CIA
        
        The USA were CLEARLY not committed to peaceful coexistence in this case
- - - - In 1964, the USSR had 200 ICBMs
        
        In 1960, the USA had 295 ICBMs
        
        In 1964, the USSR had 835 ICBMs
  - - - The USSR released Sputnik (1957) into orbit, which was majorly embarrassing for the USA when they tried to respond with what would soon be deemed 'flopnik,'
        
        The USSR also released the first cosmonaut into space, Gagarin (1961)
        
        Eisenhower responded by founding NASA in July 1958