History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mao Zedong, Nikita Khrushchev, Operation Lam Son 719
22 Oct 2018
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Nikita khrushchev: focus on building socialiam in one country, soviet leader. Soviet union believe there a model of national revolution along with china. Soviet union could benefit from cold war, where as mao zedong believed they wanted to humiliate world, and making china look great. Demonstrate within developing world who model was better, within cold war between united states, and soviet union, along with another cold war between soviet union and peoples republic of china. Cant allianate china and soviet union, needed both as allies, soviet providing financial and weapons, chinese provided equipement and engineers and soldiers (man power),both of these countries never matched what americans were providing north vietnam. Soviet union concrened it could escalate to a third world war, avoid escalating war with. Americans, soviet union wanted hen yo to negotiate. Chi(cid:374)ese did(cid:374)"t like pea(cid:272)eful (cid:272)o-existence, wanted to upset nation, saw soviet union pushing.
