Notes
- People had been fleeing to the west through Berlin for many years “Brain Drain” (3 mil.)
- Krushchev wants Kennedy to pull out of Berlin and make it a free city
- Kennedy increases US strength
- Krushchev responds by building a wall around West Berlin
- Both leaders were accused of being soft in Berlin and fixed this by ordering more tests of nuclear weapons
Summary
The Brain drain was when the smartest and most skilled people left to the west to make money. Berlin wall put up almost overnight, separating families and friends.
Quote
The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.
Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria
subjunctive question
If you were in charge of your own nation how would you react to everyone leaving your city to escape your command?