Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Eisenhower's reputation peaked in the early 1980s; by 1985 a postrevisionist reaction had set in, and a more complex assessment of the Eisenhower administration was being presented. [315] The new factor was the availability of previously closed records and papers showed that Eisenhower shrewdly maneuvered behind the scenes, avoiding ...
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.
The first 1961 State of the Union Address was delivered in written format [1] by outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 12, 1961, to the 87th United States Congress. [2] It was Eisenhower's ninth and final State of the Union Address.
Listed below are executive orders numbered 10432–10913 signed by United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961). He issued 484 executive orders. [9] His executive orders are also listed on Wikisource, along with his presidential proclamations. Signature of Dwight D. Eisenhower
The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) was signed into law on September 2, 1958, providing funding to United States education institutions at all levels. [ 1 ] NDEA was among many science initiatives implemented by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to increase the technological sophistication and power of the United States alongside ...
January 20 – Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower; September 9 – Civil Rights Act of 1957; October 4 – Sputnik 1 is launched, the first artificial Earth satellite. October 5 – The White House praises Russia's launch of an earth satellite, saying that the launch was not surprising to President Eisenhower or the government. [39]
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. And the push that ...
The report served as a key resource to the Eisenhower administration in the creation of Executive Order 10450. [10] Thus, the Hoey Committee was one of the first steps of institutionalizing homophobia in government work in the United States, and served as a guide for future government officials to do the same, as the Eisenhower administration ...