1. Soviet Struggle What was the beginning of the end of the cold war?
Political breaking
-Destalinization
-Hungarian issues
- Repressive Change
Cold War thawing
-Iron Curtain change
-China/Russia split
-Prague Spring
U.S. Policy Change
-Brinkmanship
-Detente
-SALT

2. Destalinization
Stalin Died on March , Nikita Khrushchev comes to power
Purged the country of Stalin’s Memory
Blamed Stalin for killing millions of Russian people
Called for Peaceful competition with Capitalists.

3. Hungarian Issues
In 65’, Hungarian people overthrow the Communist Style government.
Imre Nagy formed a new democratic government
USSR sent tanks and troops, executed Nagy, new Pro-Soviet leader

4. Repressive Change
Leonid Brezhnv replaced Khrushchev in 1964 after Cuban missile crisis.
Hard man who wanted more Soviet control, more censorship
Invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968 to stop the country moving towards socialism

6. Change of Iron Curtain Countries were starting to regret communism
USSR had made other
countries develop
industries that Russia
needed, not self
control.
Countries looked
to socialism and democracy

7. China and Russia break Mao and Stalin signed 30-year treaty in 1950
China still very communistic
China regretted USSR control and wanted to create Mao style communism
USSR withheld Nuclear weapon secrets and stop aid to china in 1960

8. Prague Spring Another issue of disillusionment with communism
When Czechoslovakia tried to bring in socialism they wanted “a human face” to communism, less censorship
New ideas bloomed during Prague spring before USSR involvement

9. The cold war had brought about policy of Brinkmanship
Means to be at the edge of war all the time.
U2 incident, Cuban missile crisis, numerous wars
Brought to life idea of nuclear war

10. Detente A policy to lesson cold war tensions
French word meaning relaxing
Brought about due to Vietnam protests
Policy of Richard Nixon

11. Salt- not the movie Nixon visited Beijing in 72’ for peace talks
Visited USSR for first time since pre-Cold War
Strategic Arms limitation Talks-SALT
5 year deal to
limit the amount of
nuclear weapons
each country had.
In 1975, 33 other
countries signed
commitments to
détente and
cooperation.