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Eisenhower & Dulles. Produce a SWOT analysis of the new US administration.

Eisenhower & Dulles. Produce a SWOT analysis of the new US administration.  starter activity. How did US foreign policy develop under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy?.  Aims. To identify key characteristics of the ‘New Look’

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Eisenhower & Dulles. Produce a SWOT analysis of the new US administration.

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  1. Eisenhower & Dulles. Produce a SWOT analysis of the new US administration. starter activity

  2. How did US foreign policy develop under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy?  Aims To identify key characteristics of the ‘New Look’ To assess the extent it marked a change from previous US foreign policy

  3.  Your task • Read p.81 and note down the key characteristics of Eisenhower’s ‘New Look’

  4. Characteristics of the New Look • Hard-line approach • USSR & Communist allies were pursuing expansionist foreign policy • Military means to contain communism • ‘Massive retaliation’ • ‘Brinkmanship’ • Covert operations

  5.  Your task • Read p.82 and find evidence of compromise & conciliation in Eisenhower’s foreign policy approach Nixon, Eisenhower & Dulles

  6. Evidence of compromise/conciliation • Eisenhower keen to avoid military confrontation • Economic pressures – by 1954, 12% US GNP spent on armaments • Drive for smaller army & more efficient weapons – ‘more bang for your buck’ • Eisenhower less prone to scaremongering than Truman • U-2 spy planes gave USA greater intelligence

  7. Produce a factoid on the career and achievements of Dwight Eisenhower

  8.  Your task • How similar or different were Eisenhower’s foreign policy objectives to those of Truman? Complete a Venn diagram.

  9. Read John Foster Dulles obituary. Imagine you are Molotov reading this text. Underline and explain what you would challenge or what would make you angry

  10.  Your task • Study the sources on p.83 and complete a chart similar to the one below: • Answer Qs 1 & 2 on p.84

  11.  Your task • Read p.84 and note the impact that Kennedy’s decisions had on US foreign policy.

  12. Kennedy’s foreign policy • ‘Flexible Response’ – range of responses including conventional weapons, covert operations, economic aid & nuclear • ‘We intend to have a wider choice than humiliation or all-out nuclear war’ • Economic aid – e.g. $20bn to Latin-Am. • Covert operations – e.g. Cuba, Bay of Pigs (1961) • Military expansion – increased to 2.7m (1964); specialist units, e.g. Green Berets • Diplomacy

  13.  Your task • Produce a timeline charting the achievements of Cold War. Plot the achievements and failures either side of the timeline. Use p.85-6

  14.  Plenary • What were the characteristics of Truman’s approach to foreign policy • How was Eisenhower’s approach different? • How significant was the influence of Dulles on US foreign policy?

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