91949 USSR tests its own atomic bomb 101949 Communists create PRC Peoples Republic of China surprised the American public 1952 US tests a hydrogen bombUSSR 1953 MAD mutually assured destruction acted as a deterrent ID: 305247
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The Heightened Arms Race
9/1949 – USSR tests its own atomic bomb10/1949 – Communists create PRC (People’s Republic of China), surprised the American public 1952 – US tests a hydrogen bomb/USSR -1953MAD – mutually assured destruction – acted as a deterrent Slide2
New Leaders
Eisenhower – favored a policy of massive retaliation (Sec. of State – John Dulles) Favored a policy of massive retaliation “bigger bang for the buck” Nikita Khrushchev – became leader of USSR (Stalin died in 1953)
Called for peaceful co-existence with the WestBrutal repression of Europe1961- Berlin Wall built Slide3