Eisenhower, GOP, 1953-1961, Page ? PAGE ?5? of ? NUMPAGES ?6? Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 GOP Secretary of State?John Foster Dulles?resigns 1959?replaced by Christian Herter Foreign policy -New Look >created by Secretary of State Dulles >focused on brinksmanship =push communists back to pre-1945 borders by any means =use covert action by CIA to interfere with communists abroad -massive retaliation >massive buildup of nuclear weapons >it was cheaper to build up nuclear weapons than large military forces >mutually assured destruction =if one country attacks the other?the other will be destroyed?nuclear deterence 1953 March Josef Stalin dies?replaced by Nikta Khruschev Office of Price Stabilization officially ended all price controls
Eisenhower Timeline
Eisenhower, GOP, 1953-1961, Page ? PAGE ?5? of ? NUMPAGES ?6? Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961 GOP Secretary of State?John Foster Dulles?resigns 1959?replaced by Christian Herter Foreign policy -New Look >created by Secretary of State Dulles >focused on brinksmanship =push communists back to pre-1945 borders by any means =use covert action by CIA to interfere with communists abroad -massive retaliation >massive buildup of nuclear weapons >it was cheaper to build up nuclear weapons than large military forces >mutually assured destruction =if one country attacks the other?the other will be destroyed?nuclear deterence 1953 March Josef Stalin dies?replaced by Nikta Khruschev Office of Price Stabilization officially ended all price controls
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