In the contest for power between the Soviet Union and the West, the West did not reap many propaganda points when the Soviets crushed the Hungarian uprising because _________________.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The West was preoccupied with the Suez Crisis, where Great Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt, which overshadowed the Soviet Union's actions in Hungary and limited the West's ability to effectively criticize the Soviet crackdown without appearing hypocritical.

In the Contest for Power Between the Soviet Union and the West