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The policy of making military power of the United States and its allies so strong that no enemy would date attack for fear if retaliation

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Deterrence

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McCarthyism

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Term used to describe McCarthy’s anti-communist smear tactics

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Brinkmanship

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Term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking eat in order to protect national interests

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ICBMs

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Long-rage rockets known as intercontinental ballistic missiles

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Sputnik

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First artificial satellite to orbit earth

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U-2 Incident

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Soviet military used a guided missile to shoot down American U-2 spy plane over soviet territory

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Margaret Chase Smith

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Republican senator of Maine. Presented Declaration of Conscience to senate. McCarthy “debased” senate

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McCarthy’s Fall?

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Army-McCarthy hearings. McCarthy accused army was full of communists and, in turn, charged him with seeking special treatment for his side.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Pres in 1953. Republican. Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles (harsh anti-communist who considered winning Cold War to be moral crusade, Truman containment policy too cautious).

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Cold War tension,..

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Middle East. Palestine and Arab. US supported Israel. Soviet supported Arab.

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Suez crisis

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Egypt’s ruler Gamal Abdel Nasser sought soviet support, US and great British cut off aid to Egypt.

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Eisenhower Doctine?

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Policy: US would use force to safeguard independence of any country or group of countries in middle easy requesting aid against communist-inspired aggression

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OAS

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Organization of American States (increase cooperation among nations of hemisphere -Honduras)

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Arms race

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Struggle to gain weapons superiority