Détente and De-Stalinization

I. Stalin Dies, Khrushchev succeeds

II. Twentieth Party Congress Speech, 1956

A. Denunciation of Stalin

B. Alternative transitions to Socialism

C. “Peaceful Co-Existence”

III. Geneva Summit, 1955

Unrest in the East

I. East Berlin, 1953

II. Poland, 1956

A. Gomulka

Hungarian Crisis

I. Demonstrations and Revolt

II. Gerö’s Counter-revolution

III. Nagy’s concessions

IV. Withdrawal from Warsaw Pact

V. Soviet invasion

Berlin Crisis

I. Partition Question

A. Refugee Problem/Brain Drain

II. Kennedy comes to power

III. Vienna Summit, June 1961

IV. “The West’s Testicles”

V. The Wall