The post-war period and the Cold War
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the reunification of a neutral Germany to prevent West Germany's incorporation into NATO.
Crisis and escalation (1953-62). Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization
In 1953, changes in political leadership on both sides shifted the dynamic of the Cold War. Dwight D. Eisenhower .
Warsaw Pact and Hungarian Revolution
While Stalin who shortly after the revolution was crushed said that "The wound which the Hungarian Revolution inflicted on communism can never be completely healed".'s pronouncements concentrated on American strength abroad and the success of liberal capitalism. However, by the late 1960s, the "battle for men's minds" between two systems of social organization that Kennedy spoke of in 1961 was largely over, with tensions henceforth based primarily on clashing geopolitical objectives rather than ideology.
Sino-Soviet split, space race, ICBMs
The period after 1956 was marked by serious setbacks for the Soviet Union, most notably the breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, beginning the Sino-Soviet split later described as "just a battle in the Cold War. "
Berlin Crisis of 1961
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 , effectively closing the loophole.
Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev ouster
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