HIS344Y1 Lecture : HIS344 - November 1, 2011.pdf
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Khruschev agreed to reduce tensions offered americans number of concessions, proving his good faith. Sat down with eisenhower to discuss german issue and disarmament. Eisenhower too offered olive branch atoms of peace rejected open skies rejected tension seriously reduced just at moment that americans may have had moment of triumph (poland and hungary), british and. French carried out action of their own (suez crisis) ruined moral high ground of western world conclusion: showed su as champion of underdogs, undeveloped world; brit and french no longer great power blow to their prestige. First wave after world war impossible for brit and france to hold down entire empire, middle east took first steps too during this wave. Soviet union parted with foreign policy of stalin khruschev applied "new look" Idea of peaceful co-existence (was primary objective of new look accommodation with us terminate friction, allow each system to live by it"s own rules, etc. )
