Khrushchev alienation Flashcards
1
Q
The Presidium
A
Resented his arrogance, his style, his policies, some felt his anti-Stalinism had gone too far
2
Q
Provincial party secretaries and the CC
A
Bitter resentment of his reorganisations
3
Q
The military
A
Resented cuts in military spending and the policy of relying on nuclear weapons, a policy refuted by the Cuban missile crisis
4
Q
Professional people/ managers
A
Resented the enhanced role of the party and its interference
5
Q
Intelligensia
A
Disappointed with the retreat from the thaw after 1962
6
Q
The diplomatic service
A
Appalled by some of his behaviour and his use of his son-in-law on diplomatic missions
7
Q
Workers
A
Alienated by the rise in food prices in 1962
8
Q
Peasants
A
Resented disruptive and repeated interventions and the failure of his policies
