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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.
Amendment of the Foreign Service Regulations Relating to United States Foreign Service Fees July 22, 1953 43 10474: The Honorable Robert A. Taft July 31, 1953 44 10475: Administration of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as Amended July 31, 1953 45 10476: Administration of Foreign Aid and Foreign Information Functions August 1, 1953 46 10477
Eisenhower continued the basic Truman administration policy of containment of Soviet expansion but added a concern with propaganda suggesting eventual liberation of Eastern Europe. [ 56 ] Eisenhower's overall Cold War policy was codified in NSC 174, which held that the rollback of Soviet influence was a long-term goal, but that NATO would not ...
In 1953, the Eisenhower administration formulated a foreign policy called the “New Look. ” In addition to continuing the prior administration’s goal of containing the Soviet threat, the New Look sought to liberate those suffering under communism and to support emerging nations in the Third World. [2]
Project Solarium was an American national-level exercise in strategy and foreign policy design convened by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the summer of 1953. It was intended to produce consensus among senior officials in the national security community on the most effective strategy for responding to Soviet expansionism in the wake of the early Cold War.
The U.S. President's Citizen Advisors on the Mutual Security Program (the Fairless Committee) was created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 22, 1956. [1] The purpose of the committee was to study and make recommendations on the role, scope, operation, and impact of military, economic, technical and other foreign assistance programs in relation to the foreign policy and national ...
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.
July 29 – The Senate votes 63 to 30 in favor of emergency administration admitting 209,000 aliens to the US. [10] August 12 – Soviet Union conducts first test of a thermonuclear weapon. [11] October 30 – Eisenhower approves NSC 162/2, which defines Cold War national security policy during the Eisenhower administration. [12]