Escalation and confrontation cold war 1953-1963

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Hint	Answer
What was Eisenhower and Dulks' new kind of foreign policy?	The new look
What was the policy that meant they would directly attack the source rather than sending troops?	Retaliation policy
What did the 1955 report claim if war with USSR happened?	half of US population killed
What is the word for a victory that inflicts such devistation on victor that is is tantamount to defeat?	Pyrrhic
What did Eisenhower wage in 1956/57?	Limited war
What was survival of USSR equivalent to?	Socilaism
What speech happened in 1956, and by who?	Peaceful coexistence speech Khrushchev
What was the reality for USSR at this time? (in terms of war)	Cooperation or die
When and what was China attempting to take from Taiwan?	Quemoy Matsu 1958
What happens in 1958/59?	Berlin ultimatum
What is official US policy regarding this?	never negotiate under ultimatum
Who, in March 1959 gave US a way around avoiding this?	Macmillan
When and What undermined the 1959 Vienna meeting?	1960 U2 incident

Hint	Answer
What was derailed by this incident?	1960 Paris summit
What did Kennedy's campaign talk about that wasn't true?	Missile gap
When was the Berlin wall put up?	1961
When and what was some 1500 Cuban exiles financed by the US?	1961 bay of pigs invasion
What did U2 flights recognise in 1962 Cuba?	Soviet missiles
When does the US publicly demand these to be removed? (month + year)	October 1962
What does Kennedy set up in response?	naval blockade
What does China denounce?	Peaceful coexistence speech
When does USSR decide to cut off aid to China for nuclear weapons?	1959
Who does Truman support in regards to the Vietnam war?	The French
What marks the end of French attempt to establish dominance in Vietnam?	Dien Bien Phu
When does Kennedy decide the US will offer support to the Southern Vietnamese regime?	1961
What is the word for imposing economic systems on people from above?	Rostow