Tsanangura musiano womugariro mukurwisana neWestern Bloc pakati pavatungamiriri veSoviet vanodudzwa murugwaro rwacho.
Context:Kubva muna 1957 kusvika muna 1961, Khrushchev akatyisidzira pachena uye kakawanda kuMadokero nokuparadza kwenyukireya. Akataura kuti zvombo zveSoviet zvaipfuura zvikuru zveUnited States, zvaikwanisa kuparadza guta ripi neripi reAmerica kana kuti reEurope. Maererano naJohn Lewis Gaddis, Khrushchev akaramba "kutenda kwaStalin mukusadzivisika kwehondo", zvisinei. Mutungamiriri mutsva akazivisa vavariro yake yokupedzisira kuva "kugara pamwe chete norugare". Mukutaura kwaKhrushchev, rugare rwaizobvumira capitalism kuparara pachayo, pamwe nokupa maSoviet nguva yokusimudzira mano avo ehondo, ayo akaramba aripo kwemakumi emakore kutozosvikira Gorbachev gare gare "kufunga kutsva" achifungidzira kugarisana murugare semugumo pachako panzvimbo pemhando yekurwisana kwemakirasi.
Stalin aidavira kuti hondo yokurwisana neWestern Bloc yakanga isingadzivisiki. Khrushchev pachinzvimbo akatenda kuti mabhuroko maviri aigona kudzivisa hondo nokuti hondo yakanga isingadiwi kusimbisa hukuru hweEastern Bloc; Western Bloc yaizokundikana nenzira yakarongeka. Pane rumwe rutivi, Gorbachev aidavira zvirokwazvo mukurarama pamwe chete murugare pakati pemapoka maviri.