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East–West Relations: Confirmation of the Status Quo East–West Relations: Confirmation of the Status Quo
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The United Nations and the Third World The United Nations and the Third World
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American Reactions: From Liberation to Liberalization American Reactions: From Liberation to Liberalization
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Lessons of the 1956 Revolts for the Soviet Union Lessons of the 1956 Revolts for the Soviet Union
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Repercussions in the Soviet Bloc Repercussions in the Soviet Bloc
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The Khrushchev Doctrine on Joint Intervention The Khrushchev Doctrine on Joint Intervention
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Public Opinion in the West Public Opinion in the West
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5 The International Impact of the Polish and Hungarian Revolts
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Published:June 2022
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This chapter analyses the state of East-West relations after 1956, arguing that the revolts in Poland and Hungary, and especially the passive reaction of the Western powers contributed to the confirmation of the European status quo system, by consolidating Moscow’s dominance in the region. From 1956 on, a primary aim of US foreign policy was to arrest the development of Soviet influence in the Third World, and to correspondingly increase American presence there. The UN General Assembly provided an ideal arena for this; the Americans kept the Hungarian question on the agenda until 1962 as a device of this political objective. US policy towards East-Central Europe was reformulated on a new, more pragmatic, and reserved basis. Thus, the new US approach toward the region completely did away with the theory of liberating these nations; from now on the goal was to liberalize and “soften” their Communist regimes and this policy lasted until the late 1980’s.
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