1. EISENHOWER’S COLD WAR POLICIES 15-4

2. Eisenhower Takes Office Truman decided not to run for a second term 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office Won in a landslide victory A hero from WWII

3. “More Bang for the Buck” Eisenhower believed in a strong economy We must show the world capitalist success Realizing that all out war was very expensive he pushed for development of more atomic weapons! Massive Retaliation- The threat to use nuclear weapons Felt this was more bang for the buck Cut spending by almost $20 billion

4. Brinkmanship Brinkmanship- the willingness to go to the brink of war to force the other side to back down Eisenhower felt you had to take risks for peace and be willing to back down opponent

5. The End of the Korean War Eisenhower went to Korea and saw bad the situation was Vowed to end the war However, he secretly told China that we would continue the war on our own terms Brinkmanship The policy worked

6. Brinkmanship in Action Taiwan- China threatens to take over two islands in Taiwan Suez Crisis- Soviets began to spread Communism into Egypt Use of covert operations- secret operations CIA- Central Intelligence Agency

7. Death of Stalin March 5, 1953 Stalin dies of a massive stroke in his bedroom Poisoned? Conspiracy???

8. Nikita Khrushchev Soon after Stalin’s death, Khrushchev takes control of the Soviet Union He begins a process called De-Stalinization. Taking down monuments Denouncing his ways

9. Eisenhower Doctrine Eisenhower asked Congress for the U.S. to help any nation in the middle East in the fight against Communism Basically extended the Truman Doctrine into the middle East

10. Space Race Sputnik- first Satellite launched into orbit by Soviets U.S. responded with the Explorer launch a few years later

11. Spy Plane Shot Down The Soviet Union shot down a U.S. spy plane called a U-2 Eisenhower denied that this existed until they produced a pilot Francis Garry Powers Relations were beginning to improve until this incident