Eisenhower's Foreign Policy

Question 1

When was Eisenhower inaugurated?

Answer 1

Jan 1953

Question 2

What influences his foreign policy

Answer 2

-ongoing Korean war
-Redscare/ Mcarthyism.–witch hunts, anti-Communist climate
Alliances- CENTO and SEATO
‘need to ‘get tough’ - massive retaliation
-CIA
‘rollback’

Question 3

What were the policies in New Look and why it was significant

Answer 3

-brinkmanship
-rollback
-more bang for your buck
-contentment
-massive retaliation
-maintain relations with Asia
-enhanced CIA interventions
-Allen Dulles- CIA
-John Foster Dulles- secretary of state
-global policeman
-massive nuclear arsenal