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- exploitation of the proletariat -modified Leninism
- Stalin developed a cult of personality
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- Churchill aimed to control soviet expansion
- met in Moscow
- USSR 90% in Romania -Britain 90% in Greece -Hungary 50/50
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
- interallied cooperation
- agreed on: Germany would be divided into four zones, UN formally ratified, USSR gain land from Poland, declaration on liberated Europe
-Roosevelt/Churchill: long term cooperation, UN, Germany's reconstruction, IMF
-Stalin: USSR security granted through spheres of influence, Germany to remain weak, economic reconstruction at Germany's expense -
headed by General Cutis LeMay
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1500x more powerful than bomb bused in 1945
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- federal republic of Germany is admitted to NATO -Austria would be neutral -diplomacy
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- Russia needed extensive conventional forces in EE
- less confrontational with the west
- open skies proposal: Eisenhower, each side to provide details of military installations (rejected) -future of Germany: Eisenhower wanted free elections and right to own security (become part of NATO) K wanted Germany to be neutral and demilitarised -agreed to free elections beginning of dialogue even without practical outcomes
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100x more powerful than their first attempts
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Khrushchev appointed Ochab to implement de-stalinisation in Poland
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- fundamental shift
- abandoned Marxist Leninist view that war between the socialist and capitalist camps was inevitable -communism has become so powerful it would win without war -Soviet Union must remain unchallenged leader of socialist world -maintain satellite states -Germany can't rearm -USSR expansion nuclear capability -reduce spending on conventional forces in EE -defuse tension -peaceful coexistence
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forced Ho Chi Minh to concentrate on consolidating communist control in the North
-land reform
-thousands executed, military had to put down a revolt 6000 killed
-full scale collectivisation -
dubbed 'los barbudos'
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delivered by Khrushchev reporting on Stalin's war crimes
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in protest of wage cuts and poor working conditions
anti - communist armed uprising -
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-listed 16 demands including the appointment of Nagy as PM
-Nagy: withdraws of soviet troops, freedom of speech, multi party system
-armed revolt as demonstrations were fired on by the Hungarian secret police -
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Khrushchev met with Gomulka and threatened military action if Gomulka refused to cooperate
Gomulka could not carry out reforms which woful threaten communist rule e.g. Poland has to remain in Warsaw Pact
- force was not used
-Gomulka balanced polish security with the presence of soviet troops in Poland
-moscow would allow independence with trustworthy men -
- pressure from china
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- feared collapse of communism if there was a multi party system, dissolution of secret police
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- declared neutrality
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- 15 divisions -4000 tanks
- new government led by Kadar installed -4000 killed -200,000 went into self exile -lack on intervention from west - status quo
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-wrongly predicted missile gap
-favoured the USSR 100:30 in ICBMs -
agreement with Britain to station IRBMs in Britain
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USSR launched first satellite to orbit the earth
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- soviet space technology was superior to that of the USA
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rocket crashed on its take off from Cape Canaveral
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- wanted soviet space programme to dominate the USA
- worried that west Germany would be equipped with NATO weapons
- increased soviet defence in Europe was draining resources -people feeling east Germany -wanted to strengthen economy and defences
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committed to reunification
served as a declaration of war on the south
use military force to overthrow Diem
create national unity in the south -
demanded withdrawal of western troops from west Berlin and Berlin to be declared a free city, rejected by the west
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Batista's regime collapsed
Castro introduced a programme of agrarian reform which led to American properties being seized by the state -
provided long range intelligence gathering photos from space
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-peaceful coexistence
-American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Gary Powers)
-confirmed Krushchev was exaggerating soviet capability -
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social and political reform
NLF -
-Castro nationalised oil companies
-USA imposed economic sanctions
-reduced Cuban sugar imports by 95% -
free the south from US imperialism
rejection of Diem's quasi imperialist polices -
-JFK and Khrushchev
- little achieved
-K saw JFK as easily manipulated
JFK refused to compromise over Berlin -
reaffirmed Truman doctrine
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Yuri Gagarin
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1500 anti-castro exiles to carry out a military coup
humiliated JFK -
- wire fences
- 4 recognised crossing points
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presented report with the following recommendations
- increase helicopter force to assist counterinsurgency measures
- greater training of ARVN
- increase US combat forces (10,00)
- strategic bombing of NV
JFK refused to send ground troops -
overthrow Castro through covert operations
led by general Edward Lansdale
OPLAN 312 and OPLAN 314 -
compared to the USSR's 15
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- economic and political relationship
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Operation sunrise
house SV rural peasants
isolate people from Vietcong
4 million people, 3000 hamlets
largely a failure
led to improved recruitment to vietcong
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US military manoeuvres started in the Caribbean
USSR's defence minister Malinovsky declared that if the US was to attack Cuba would stand for no longer than a week -
- provided fighter planes and 1400 ground troops -geostrategic importance -short range missiles
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- hawks vs doves
- Kennedy opted for a naval blockade
- US bases put on maximum alter
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US ambassador condemned soviet deployment
Khrushchev called blockade an act of aggression -
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- USA to make a non invasion pledge
- USSR remove military presence from Cuba
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attempted to redefine conditions
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Kennedy replied to Krushchevs first letter only
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- diem was Roman Catholic
- brother Ngo Dinh Thuc became Archbishop -Buddhists banned from flying flags -Buddhist leader - Try Quang
- nine people killed
- Quang Doc publicly burned himself alive
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connected Kremlin to White House
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- no provisions for underground Tests
- banned tests in outer space and underwater
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- south Vietnamese rebel generals activated a military coup against Diem and his regime
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-NLF mission in Moscow
-China provides military supplies to china
-PAVN moved down the Ho Chi Minh trail
-rise in anti - American feeling
-ARVN lost moral -
- covert action
- designed to force Hanoi to desist from its aggressive policies -increased number of military advisors
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- attack on US naval vessel -presented the president with the power to take whatever action he felt was necessary to resist any armed attacks on US forces and to prevent further aggression
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vietcong attacked army barracks and a US helicopter base
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bombing campaign
marked the start of the Americanisation of the war
killed 165,00 -
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- tet religious celebrations
- vietcong launched a series of attacks against US targets in cities across SV
- massive defeat for vietcong (25,000 killed)
- turning point
- cronkite - stalemate
- USA 550,000 groundtroops
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US removed some trade controls and travel restrictions on China
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aims: sever supply chains (Ho Chi minh trail)
pressure Nv for peace settlement
reassure SV
Prince overthrown by pro US general Lon Nol
NV backed Khmer Rouge - Pol pot
SV forces with US air support: cross border raids
1970 - USA 20,000 ground troops -
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- agreement to establish a presidential visit and a Sino - American summit Moas designated successor - died
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- test of Vietnamisation
- ARVN resisted (8000 casualties)
- NV - 40,000 casualties
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150,000 tons of bombs dropped on NV
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30,000 ARVN troops invasion of Loas with US military support
resistance from NV forces
leaders of ARVN more interested in appeasing Thieu than winning battles
Thieu - 3000 casualties - stop advance
SV forces got halfway than retreated
move US towards 'peace with honour'