1963-1972: Cooperation after Cuba Flashcards
(14 cards)
When was Khrushchev in power
September 53 - October 64
When was Brezhnev in power
October 64 - November 82
What were Kennedy’s beliefs
Needed to avoid casualty especially after Cuban Missile Crisis
Created idea of MAD
Wanted to prevent spread of nuclear bombs
What were Khrushchev’s beliefs
Withdrawal from Cuba. He saw it as a triumph
After Cuban Missile crisis based relation on restraints over brinkmanship
Sino-Soviet split losing an ally in Asia led to reconciliation with Tito in Yugoslavia
Did not see Communist revolution abroad
US-Soviet relations with Khrushchev embracing Kennedy’s ideas
When was Czech Crisis (The Prague Spring)
January 1968 to August 1968
What was the Czech Crisis
Czechoslovakia was prosperous til 1963 therefore calls for reforms
Dubek came in and has a reformer gave a sense of hope “Prague Spring”
Who replaced Ota Sik
Novotný (hardliner)
When did Dubcek announce the Action Programme
April 1968
What was the Action Programme
Gov allow freedom of speech, press and movement, recognise state of Israel
What was USSR reaction to Prague Spring
Soviets wanted to see how far reforms would go.
June 1968 Warsaw pact countries did military exercises in Czechoslovakia
Letters argued right for self determination but challenges to socialism cannot be tolerated
Hoped to split Czechoslovakia CP so pro-Soviet could emerge
When did Prague Spring end
August 1968 when Warsaw Pact invaded
Consequence of Prague Spring/invasion
137 Czechs killed
300,000 Czech professionals leave for West
Whole nation forced to approve invasion
“Normalisation” period where reforms were reversed
Brezhnev Doctrine
What was the Brezhnev doctrine
That if “socialism is threatened” then the Soviet Army has a duty to intervene
Who was Jan Palach
A university student who protested clampdown with self-immolation
