Peaceful Coexistsnce: Failure Or Success?

Question 1

What are the two indications of the success of peaceful coexistence?

Answer 1

1) Improved diplomacy and negotiations

2) The reluctance to use nuclear weapons

Question 2

What are the pieces of evidence that you could use for improved diplomacy?

Answer 2

1955 Geneva Summit (partially)
1955 Austrian State Treaty 
1956 Soviet Withdrawal of Finland
1956 Secret Speech
1959 Camp David Summit (partially)

Question 3

What happened at the Geneva Summit and when was it?

Answer 3

The 1955 Geneva summit was the first meeting of the Cold War and established a face to face diplomacy. Khrushchev also propose the abandonment of NATO and WP

Question 4

What were indications that the Geneva Summit was a failure?

Answer 4

Issues over reunification of Germany and Open Skies

Question 5

When and what was the Austrian State Treaty?

Answer 5

In 1955 USA, USSR, GB and Francs agreed to reunify Austria into one country

Question 6

When did the USSR remove their troops from Finland?

Answer 6

1956

Question 7

What happened at the Camp David Summit?

Answer 7

The USA and USSR established a working relationship entwine themselves and agreed for a new summit in 1960

Question 8

What could you say for how the fear of M.A.D lead to improved diplomacy?

Answer 8

The fear was so great that the two powers were reluctant to provoke and antagonise the other and so lead to a peaceful diplomatic relationship. This was shown with the Hungarian Uprising in 1956 and the reluctance of the USSR to get involved in the Taiwan Straits

Question 9

What are the two indications of the failure of peaceful coexistence?

Answer 9

1) The escalation of the arms race and space race

2) Lack of trust behind the scenes

Question 10

How does the Arms Race and Space race suggest that there wasn’t peaceful coexistence?

Answer 10

It showed that it was a failure because the two sides felt that they could not trust each other enough to completely abandon their backups and support. The space race also showed that they were unable to cooperate and work together with each other for a mutual goal

Question 11

Name 3 of the big bombs that were produced by the USA and USSR between 1953-61 and when they were produced

Answer 11

1953 = Joe 4 (USSR)
1954 = Castle Bravo (USA)
1961 = Tsar Bomba (USSR)

Question 12

How did Brinkmanship lead to increased tension and a lack of US commitment to PC?

Answer 12

It showed that the USSR were prepare to jeopardise PC through the use of nuclear weapons to ensure that they remained dominant and in control. However PC was all about accepting each other and promoting peace

Question 13

When was Sputnik 1 launched?

Answer 13

1957

Question 14

When was NASA created and the first USA satellite?

Answer 14

1958

Question 15

What was the Rapacki Plan and when?

Answer 15

In 1958 the plan proposed the abolishment of all nuclear weapons. It was rejected by NATO but accepted by WP

Question 16

How did the lack of trust between the USA and USSR behind the scenes increase tension?

Answer 16

The increased espionage from the US showed that the two states were unable to realistically work together and that they were not committed to the idea of peace and coexistence. There were also a number of ideological tensions that still existed that showed they had not come to accepting each others political status

Question 17

Name 3 operations that were organised by Eisenhower and Dulles and when

Answer 17

Operation Aquatone
Operation Genetrix
Bay of Pigs

Question 18

What was proposed by Eisenhower at the Geneva summit that caused tension and what was it?

Answer 18

Open Skies Policy was a proposal to allow both sides to check that both states were keeping to agreements and not planning surprise attacks. It suggested that Eisenhower had a lack of trust and respect of for the USSR and that the USA were not committed to the PC

Question 19

When and what summit did the U2 Spy Plane incident lead to the collapse of?

Answer 19

1960 Paris Summit

Question 20

What was the Eisenhower Doctrine?

Answer 20

The US would support any middle eastern country at threat from Communism

Question 21

What was the quote by Eisenhower in regards to communism?

Answer 21

It was “ruthless in purpose and insidious in method”

Question 22

What is the order of paragraphing for this sort of question?

Answer 22

1) Improved diplomacy
2) Arms Race and Space Race
3) Arms Race caused M.A.D
4) Espionage and behind the scenes