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The United States foreign policy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, from 1953 to 1961, focused on the Cold War with the Soviet Union and its satellites. The United States built up a stockpile of nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems to deter military threats and save money while cutting back on expensive Army combat units.
A presidential determination is a determination resulting in an official policy or position of the executive branch of the United States government. [2] A presidential proclamation is a statement issued by a president on a matter of public policy issued under specific authority granted to the president by Congress and typically on a matter of ...
Eisenhower was a fiscal conservative whose policy views were close to those of Taft— they agreed that a free enterprise economy should run itself. [167] Nonetheless, throughout Eisenhower's presidency, the top marginal tax rate was 91 percent—among the highest in American history. [ 168 ]
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, right, shown here with President Eisenhower in 1956, became identified with the doctrine of "massive retaliation.". The New Look was the name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Eisenhower's defense policies, based around a high-technology strategy, played a significant role in expanding the size of the defense research industry. [3] The recent presidential election had resulted in the election of John F. Kennedy , and the oldest American president in a century [ 5 ] was about to hand the reins of power to the youngest ...
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 5, 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". ". Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression
General Dwight D. Eisenhower On this day 68 years ago, nearly 3 million Allied troops readied themselves for one of the greatest military operations of world history. D-Day.
Eisenhower's administration contributed to the McCarthyist Lavender Scare [227] with Eisenhower issuing Executive Order 10450 in 1953. [228] During Eisenhower's presidency thousands of lesbian and gay applicants were barred from federal employment and over 5,000 federal employees were fired under suspicions of being homosexual.