HIS344Y1 Lecture 8: Lecture 8.doc
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Khrushchev a new policy: capitalism and communism can co-exist (opposite to. This idea culminates in 1955 at the geneva conference none of the goals were achieved. However, khrushchev"s denunciation of stalin caused problems in poland and greece they criticized khrushchev"s as denouncing stalin too soon. States and the suez crisis american unwillingness to make concessions; today we look at consequences of a re-emergence confrontation and the decolonization of. Africa where the world powers (russia and american) were prompted to play a part. In many places, the two world powers were put down imperialism; however africa had been mostly untouched at this point in time. The suez crisis backfired: britain and france had to back down because of the international outcry even though they had dominated the confrontation with egypt. This indicated how much the situation had changed how much these powers had lost their military and diplomatic clout.
