Em 18 de novembro de 1956, enquanto se dirigia aos dignitários ocidentais em uma recepção na embaixada polonesa de Moscou, Khrushchev declarou infame: 'goste ou não, a história está do nosso lado. Vamos enterrá -lo, chocando todos os presentes. Mais tarde, ele diria que não estava se referindo à guerra nuclear, mas a vitória historicamente destinada ao comunismo sobre o capitalismo. Em 1961, Khrushchev se gabou de que, mesmo que a União Soviética estivesse atualmente atrás do Ocidente, sua escassez de moradias desapareceria dentro de dez anos, os bens de consumo seriam abundantes e a 'construção de uma sociedade comunista' seria concluída 'principal' em não mais de duas décadas.
O secretário de Estado de Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, iniciou um 'novo visual' para a estratégia de contenção, pedindo uma maior dependência de armas nucleares contra os inimigos dos EUA em tempos de guerra. Dulles também enunciava a doutrina da 'retaliação maciça', ameaçando uma resposta grave dos EUA a qualquer agressão soviética. Possuir superioridade nuclear, por exemplo, permitiu que Eisenhower enfrentasse ameaças soviéticas para intervir no Oriente Médio durante a crise de Suez de 1956. Os planos dos EUA para a guerra nuclear no final da década de 1950 incluíram a 'destruição sistemática' de 1.200 principais centros urbanos do bloco oriental e da China, incluindo Moscou, Berlim Oriental e Pequim, com suas populações civis entre os principais alvos.
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