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Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy

Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy. Truman vs. Eisenhower. “Containment” [George Kennan]. “Brinksmanship” [John Foster Dulles]. Mutual security agreements. Massive retaliation. M. A. D. “Domino Theory” CIA & covert operations Eisenhower Doctrine “$ Diplomacy” – Part II. Marshall Plan

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Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy

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  1. Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy

  2. Truman vs. Eisenhower “Containment”[George Kennan] “Brinksmanship”[John Foster Dulles] • Mutual security agreements. • Massive retaliation. • M. A. D. • “Domino Theory” • CIA & covert operations • Eisenhower Doctrine • “$ Diplomacy” – Part II • Marshall Plan • Truman Doctrine • Berlin Airlift • NATO • NSC #68 • Korean War

  3. Foreign Policy “Hot Spots” EUROPE: • 1955  Warsaw Pact created. • 1956  Hungarian Revolution. • 1958  Berlin Crisis. • 1959  Nixon-Khrushchev “Kitchen Debate.” • 1960  U-2 Spy Incident

  4. Foreign Policy “Hot Spots” Middle East: • 1953  CIA sponsored coup in Iran • P. M. Mohammed Mossadegh  nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. • 1956  Suez Crisis. • 1958  Civil War in Lebanon

  5. Foreign Policy “Hot Spots” Latin America: • 1948  O. A. S. [Organization of American States] was created during Truman’s administration. • 1954  CIA covert ops. in Guatemala. • 1950s  Puerto Rican independence movement. • 1959  Castro’s Communist Revolution in Cuba.

  6. Foreign Policy “Hot Spots” Far East: • 1953  end of the Korean War. • 1954  French depart Indo-China. • Geneva Accords • 1964  China explodes its first atomic bomb [during LBJ’s administration].

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