Which parallel divided Korea into North and South?
17th
66th
38th
Which organisation coordinated the Western intervention in the Korean War?
The United Nations
The League of Nations
NATO
Which leader wanted to use nuclear weapons in the Korean War?
President Truman
General MacArthur
Mao Zedong
What strategy did General Eisenhower adopt to the Korean War when he became President in 1953?
He recommended the use of nuclear weapons
He worked to secure an end to the fighting
He brought in a new military strategy to win the war
Which country launched the first successful telecommunications satellite in 1957?
USSR
China
USA
What was the policy of 'destalinisation'?
An American attempt to kill Stalin
NATO's strategy in Eastern Europe
Khrushchev's policy to change the politics of the Soviet Union
Which of these was not one of Nagy's proposals for Hungary in 1956?
Free elections
Increased presence of Soviet armed forces
Fair trials
What was President Eisenhower's view of the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) in the US by 1960?
The MIC was the guarantee of American security
The MIC demanded too much spending on weapons
The MIC could win the Cold War for the US
Why did Eisenhower approve the U2 spy plane project?
To plan an invasion of the Soviet Union
To show that the Soviets were more advanced in weapons than the US
To show that the 'missile gap' was a myth
What was to have been discussed at the Paris Summit of May 1960?
The unification of Germany
A Test Ban Treaty
The Korean conflict