Two Nations on the EdgeTwo Nations on the Edge

Early Arms RaceEarly Arms RaceUSSR gets atomic bomb (1949)

US develops hydrogen bomb (1952)“The H-Bomb”70 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb

USSR gets h-bomb (1953)

Brinkmanship: Willingness to go to the edge of all out nuclear warThe brink: The very edge

USSR gets atomic bomb (1949)

US develops hydrogen bomb (1952)“The H-Bomb”70 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb

USSR gets h-bomb (1953)

Brinkmanship: Willingness to go to the edge of all out nuclear warThe brink: The very edge

American PowerAmerican PowerPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sec of State: John Foster DullesFiercely anti-Communist

CIA: Central Intelligence AgencyTool for gathering/using spiesGathering information about the USSRSecret operations for/against countries

President: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sec of State: John Foster DullesFiercely anti-Communist

CIA: Central Intelligence AgencyTool for gathering/using spiesGathering information about the USSRSecret operations for/against countries

Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the US(1953-1961)Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the US(1953-1961)

John Foster DullesJohn Foster Dulles

Soviet PressureSoviet PressureCreate Warsaw Pact (1955)

USSR version of NATO

Geneva Summit (1955)US proposes free skies, USSR rejects

Suez War (Egypt)US/UK help Egypt build Aswan DamNasser talks to USSRUS withdraws supportNationalizes Suez Canal (enfuriates US)

Create Warsaw Pact (1955)USSR version of NATO

Geneva Summit (1955)US proposes free skies, USSR rejects

Suez War (Egypt)US/UK help Egypt build Aswan DamNasser talks to USSRUS withdraws supportNationalizes Suez Canal (enfuriates US)

Warsaw Pact Nations

Goodbye, Stalin!Goodbye, Stalin!Stalin dies (1953)Power sharing for a few years

Nikita Khrushchev comes to powerDe-Stalinization Seeks to defeat US through econ/science

Cold War becomes war for the skies

Stalin dies (1953)Power sharing for a few years

Nikita Khrushchev comes to powerDe-Stalinization Seeks to defeat US through econ/science

Cold War becomes war for the skies

Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev

Cold War in the AirCold War in the AirSoviets launch Sputnik (Oct ‘57)

First satellite in space

Shocks the United States

American U-2 spy plane shot down (1960)Francis Gary Powers capturedUS agrees to stop flying missions

Leads to renewed tension between countries

Soviets launch Sputnik (Oct ‘57)First satellite in space

Shocks the United States

American U-2 spy plane shot down (1960)Francis Gary Powers capturedUS agrees to stop flying missions

Leads to renewed tension between countries

Sputnik-1

U-2 Spy PlaneU-2 Spy Plane