Development of the cold war til 1968 (policy of containment, domino theory and peaceful co-existence)

Question 1

What was containment policy?

Answer 1

Contain the spread of Russian soviet influence (1947).

Contain communism without nuclear war.

Question 2

What was the Domino theory?

Answer 2

If one country falls to communism, the neighboring countries adjacent to it would fall as well.

Question 3

What was peaceful coexistence?

Answer 3

Policy that emerged from the Soviet union due to a number of problems they faced. Ensured that the US and Soviet Union would cease physical violence between each other, however still both remained competitive.

Question 4

What caused Russia to initiate peaceful coexistence?

Answer 4

• America was well-advanced in nuclear warheads and delivery systems.
• no clear successor to Stalin after 1953.
• Soviets began to lose influence in third world countries.
• Khrushchev advocates peaceful coexistence.