Eisenhower, Kennedy, Khrushchev Flashcards
1
Q
Outline Eisenhower’s New Look [4 point]
A
Aggressive containment
Balance the budget
Strategic Air Command
Nuclearisation of US Cold War
2
Q
Outline Khrushchev and date he takes office [3 points]
A
1954 comes to office
“Peaceful co-existance with West”
Denounces Stalins crimes
3
Q
Give reflections on New Look [5 points]
A
Eisenhower re-elected 1956 Economic boom Balance budget for 6/8 years No mainforce communist aggression, peace SPUTNIK worry and loss of Cuba, N Vietnam
4
Q
Outline Cuban revolution and dates
A
1959 - Castro overthrows Batista 1960- US begins destabilising campaign Cuban - Soviet relations fully established 1961- end of Cuban - US relations Castro claims he is a Marxist- Leninist Bay of Pigs
5
Q
Outline Berlin crisis 1961
A
USSR puts up Berlin wall to stop flow of 10,000 a week into West Germany
6
Q
Outline pressures on both Kennedy and Khrushchev
A
JFK from within administration and election
Khrushchev from Kremlin Hawks
7
Q
How may have JFK delivered on his promise of action?
A
US gains nuclear superiority
Missile gap remidied
Flexible response ensured through CIA etc
