The Era of EisenhowerThe Era of Eisenhower

Essential Question: What wasPresident Eisenhower’s Cold WarPolicy?

Eisenhower Becomes PresidentEisenhower Becomes President

Many Americans Many Americans believed Truman’s believed Truman’s foreign policy was foreign policy was not workingnot working

Eisenhower aka Eisenhower aka Ike Ike is chosen by the is chosen by the Republican party Republican party to to run for presidentrun for president

Believed in military Believed in military might and a strong might and a strong economyeconomy

More “Bang for the Buck”More “Bang for the Buck” Concerned about the Concerned about the

costs of large-scale costs of large-scale conventional warconventional war

Considered use of Considered use of nuclear weapons as an nuclear weapons as an alternative alternative

Massive retaliation: Massive retaliation: threaten to use nukes if threaten to use nukes if a Communist state tries a Communist state tries to seize territory by forceto seize territory by force

Cut military spendingCut military spending

Technological RivalryTechnological Rivalry

1952 B-52 bomber1952 B-52 bomber Intercontinental Intercontinental

ballistic missiles or ballistic missiles or ICBMsICBMs

Nuclear Nuclear submarinessubmarines

Soviets launch Soviets launch Sputnik, first Sputnik, first artificial satellite to artificial satellite to orbit the earthorbit the earth

Brinkmanship in ActionBrinkmanship in Action

Definition: Definition: willingness to go to willingness to go to the brink of war to the brink of war to force the other side force the other side to back downto back down

Used to end Korean Used to end Korean WarWar

Used during the Used during the Taiwan CrisisTaiwan Crisis

John DullesSecretary of State

The Suez Canal and the Eisenhower DoctrineThe Suez Canal and the Eisenhower Doctrine

Egypt seized control of the Egypt seized control of the Suez canal Suez canal from the Anglo-from the Anglo-French company that French company that controlled itcontrolled it

British and French invade British and French invade Egypt, Egypt, Soviets offer to help Soviets offer to help EgyptEgypt

British and French call off British and French call off invasion due to American invasion due to American pressurepressure

Eisenhower Doctrine: US Eisenhower Doctrine: US will defend the Middle East will defend the Middle East against any Communist against any Communist threatthreat

CIA and Covert ActionsCIA and Covert Actions Alternative to Alternative to

Brinksmanship Brinksmanship covert covert actions conducted by the actions conducted by the CIACIA

Mostly in developing Mostly in developing nationsnations

Prime Minister of Iran Prime Minister of Iran nationalized Anglo-Iranian nationalized Anglo-Iranian Oil CompanyOil Company

US supported the Shah of US supported the Shah of Iran in a coupIran in a coup the Shah the Shah gives US companies gives US companies access to oil fieldsaccess to oil fields

CIA trains army to CIA trains army to overthrow socialist govoverthrow socialist gov’’t of t of GuatemalaGuatemala

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What was President Eisenhower’s What was President Eisenhower’s Cold War Policy? Cold War Policy?