The Cold War under Eisenhower

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The Cold War under Eisenhower
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New Leaders
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Truman vs. Eisenhower (New Look)

• Containment George Kennan
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine
• Berlin Airlift
• NATO
• NSC 68
• Korean War

• Brinksmanship John Foster Dulles
• Massive retaliation
• HUGE LIMITS
• On the brink of nuclear war
• Mutual Security Agreements
• Domino Theory
• CIA spies
• Eisenhower Doctrine

Identify some glaring flaws with Dulles policies
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Hungarian Uprising

• Asks USA for help
• Ike says NO
• USSR will stop at nothing for Eastern Europe
• Uses CIA

• People of Hungry have revolted and overthrown
  Communist Gov. Ask USA for help. What should Ike
  do? What do you think he did?

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Identify US involvement in these regions
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Involvement in the Third World Iran and
Guatemala

• Iran OIL
• Mohammed Mossadegh makes oil private (Soviet
  Friendly)
• Cuts off USA
• US supports Mohammed Reza Shah Rahlavi
• Shah of Iran returns to power friendly with the
  West
• WHAT ARE THE FUTURE EFFECTS OF THIS ON THE USA?
• Guatemala Land
• Gov. gives lands to peasants communism
• CIA trains army
• Army leader becomes dictator

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Geneva Summit

• Temporarily divide Vietnam
• Ike continues supporting South Vietnam
• SEATO (South Eastern Atlantic Treaty
  Organization) symbolic

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Suez Crisis

• Adbel Nasser is neutral
• Dulles doesnt like it
• seizes Suez Canal
• France and GB ally with Israel USA NO
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Protect middle east

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The Space Race Sputnik 1 0 USSR
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First man in Space 2 0 USSR
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U-2 Spy Incident (1960)

• Camp David Khrushchev and Ike meet
• CIA makes secret flights over USSR, U-2 planes
  (after they said no)
• Bad secret
• USSR knows
• Francis Gary Powers is shot down by USSR
• USSR is angered
• Ike lies and doesnt apologize
• Tensions are at an all time high

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Impact of EisenhowerDid the policies of
Eisenhower make you feel safer?

• Narrow Minded (No Morality)
• Escalated Arms Race
• Escalated Tension

Neutral
Not safe
Safe