The Confident Years

Why We Liked Ike• Foreign policy is a rule governing

international relations.• Dwight Eisenhower was one of

these foreign policy presidents by doing the following:

1. Helped hold together the alliance that defeated Nazi Germany.

2. Built NATO.3. Sought to be the Republican

candidate to make sure the U.S. kept its international commitments.

4. Became president by emphasizing foreign policy expertise.

"Every gun that is fired, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies a theft from those who

hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed."

•The argument he is making here is that they should not be spending the money

on military expenses. But should be spending on the American people.

Sputnik• Sputnik was the world’s

first artificial satellite launched by the USSR.

• FREAKIN OUT!!!!• Eisenhower didn’t do more

to calm the fears of the public because he did not want to reveal secret info to Russia.

Containment in Action• The U.S. accepted the existing sphere of

Communist influence but tried to block its growth.

• U.S. used government intervention in the affairs of other nations to stop Communism.

Chinese Truce• The Chinese accepted the truce in

the Korean War because Eisenhower shifted atomic bombs 400 miles away from China.

• Also the cost of the war led them to the truce.

Khrushchev• Khrushchev was the leader of the

Soviet Union. • Espionage = spies

That mole

Eisenhower’s Statement• "unpleasant reality of international

espionage" • U.S. is capable of fighting back, and

we are not easily threatened

Miscommunication • U.S. kept flying planes over in the

Soviet Union, showing our superiority.• When the Soviets stopped

complaining, the U.S. took this as their acceptance when they really were not accepting this at all.