Analysis Of The Kitchen Debate During The Cold War

During the Cold War (1947-1991), the Kitchen Debate demonstrates an illustrative exchange between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, in which they exchange cultural viewpoints in each of their societies. The American National Exhibit displays the “American way of life” to the citizens of the Soviet Union to represent the advancements in the American society. The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics shows a diversification of culture between the United States and Soviet Union. The debate between the two superpowers discusses a series of topics such as production, technology innovation, and standard of living. The American National Exhibit establishes their capitalistic ideas of domestication, food production, and global politics to Soviet Union. The Soviet Union won the debate with their effective ways of utilizing their resources and pushing parallel structure. The Unites States claims they want peace and coexistence with the Soviet Union, but the spreading of propaganda and slandering does not help ease the tension between the two nations. Khrushchev brings this up at the debate by telling a story of Mullah and how he starts to believe his lies and that is exactly what

America has this capitalistic view that women should stay home and be housewives, but just make it easier for them to manage the household. Nixon had this “[a]ttitude toward women is universal. What we want to do is make easier the life of our housewives” (pg. 47 doc 5). America’s decision on just making housewives lives shows how America is not interested in changing and making their economy better. When the topic came up at the debate Nixon decides to avoid the topic. Soviet Union displayed equality of allowing women and men to work to help push forward their economy. Again proving how the Soviet Union was ahead of America in terms of the economical