HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Brezhnev Doctrine, Nikita Khrushchev, American National Exhibition
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Lecture notes 21- the cold war part two domestic life & dissent. Command economics an economic method where the price and supply of products are set and regulated by the government. The command economy is a key feature of a communist society. It is when the government owns all the businesses, makes all the prices, and tells who gets to work where. He came close to war with the us over the cuban missile crisis in 1962 and also clashed with china, which led to his being ousted by brezhnev and kosygin. From a poor peasant family, proletariat sort of guy. In many cases he could be relatable/personable (which really helped his rise to power). De-stalinization the policy of eradicating the memory or influence of joseph. Dismantling stalin"s cult of personality, limit gulag prison labor camps and avoid deadly political purges of elites, changed names of monuments (made stalin"s memory disappear).
