PO SC 4710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Peaceful Coexistence, Nikita Khrushchev, Deterrence Theory
3 Apr 2019
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Wwii, containment, peaceful coexistence: wwii, kennan containment, khrushchev peaceful coexistence. Kennan during fear of spread of communism. Soviets confident in eventual victory, but were not in a rush to conquer the west. Soviets were patient and believed eventually west will fall. Brest litovsk: don t sacrifice power now, to jeopardize power in the future. Nato formed to prevent soviet invasion of small western country. More soviet sympathizers in the west than in the soviet union, soviets were exhausted of their policies. Us government founded radio liberty to blast the truth and western points of view into the. Soviets tried to block radio signals, but were not successful. * kennan said we do not have to fear a soviet under every bed, the pressure of containment will weaken the soviets. Kennan wrote this before the soviets got the atom bomb. Soviet and us forces never came into direct conflict. Military force was used in war but not against each other.
