THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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taking Communist nations to the brink of war to force them to back down
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threatening massive retaliation with nuclear weapons to prevent Soviet aggression
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supporting the liberation of “captive” nations
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recognizing the Communist government of China
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Detailed explanation-1: -(The Eisenhower Doctrine was an expression of the key tenets of Dulles’s foreign policy views: containment and international mutual security agreements reinforced by economic aid.) Dulles was also the first Secretary of State to be directly accessible to the media and to hold the first Department press conferences.
Detailed explanation-2: -The policy emphasised reliance on strategic nuclear weapons as well as a reorganisation of conventional forces in an effort to deter potential threats, both conventional and nuclear, from the Eastern Bloc of nations headed by the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eisenhower and articulated in a 1953 National Security Council paper. The policy focused on the use of nuclear weapons and was intended as a way for the United States to meet its Cold War military obligations without putting too much strain on the country’s economy.