POL101Y1 Study Guide - Normal-Form Game, Nikita Khrushchev, Mutual Assured Destruction
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1955 not only divided along political lines, but military lines. Nato to prevent a massive soviet attack. Hungary, soviet soldiers on its soil 1953 stalin dies and other countries within communist block begin attempt to establish some form of independence. Tito of yugoslavia refused to be part of the soviet block, seen as bad by the rest of the communist world. After stalin dies, try to make up with tito. Hungary gets excited by other paths" to socialism, that aren"t like stalin"s regime. But, the soviets say not so much: so hungarians kick out little stalin and bring in a reformed communist 1956, americans encouraged hungary to revolt! Soviets invade the country, war between soviets and hungary. Guy who ruled hungary executed and installed new guy. Americans made a decision that they did not want to start wwiii, then backed o.