NOT DONE Key Debate 3: How effectively did Khrushchev deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

How effectively did Khrushchev deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

What are the viewpoints?

• Successfully

• Unsuccessfully

Khrushchev successfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

What is a summary of this view point?

• Faced many issues:

  • Increasing dissent in Eastern Europe vs Russian influence

  • Aftermath of the Korean War

  • Managing a nuclear arms race

  • Berlin/East Germany

• Khrushchev had a number of successes in dealing with the Cold War

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

What is a summary of this view point?

• Some have been quick to identify flaws in his approach to dealing w/ Cold War challenges

• For some, Khrushchev's Cold War policy was too risky

• Rather than creating stability, it heightened tensions

Khrushchev successfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

What are the ways he successfully dealt w/ the challenges posed by the Cold war?

• Changed his stance → took initiative

• Peaceful co-existence

• Repression gained him support from Communists in Russia

• Containment of W influence

• Handling of the Cuban Missile crisis (1962) - diplomatic skill

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

What are the ways he unsuccessfully dealt w/ the challenges posed by the Cold war?

• Peaceful co-existence

• Hungarian revolution a disaster - repression

• Berlin wall - repression

• Cuban missile crisis

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?

Khrushchev unsuccessfully deal with the challenges posed by the Cold War?