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  • Eisenhower's foreign policy in Europe differed significantly from his foreign policy in the rest of the world.
    • Europe
      • Hunguary
      • Berlin
    • Rest of the World
      • Korea
      • Middle East
    • Eisenhower foreign policy was not dictated by regions, rather personality or events.
    • Arguments for
      • Point -  Eisenhower the  CIA were involved extensively in regime outside Europe.
        • Example - Iran 1953
          • Regime was not a feature of policy in Europe.
      • Suez crisis
        • England and France held Imperial desire.
        • Brought question around US status as a superpower.
    • Arguments against
      • Korea
        • Wanted peace.
          • Avoided entangle- ments
      • Eisenhower doctrine.
      • Creation of SEATO + Manila Pact
      • Us - versus -  them- view.
        • For example) and authorize covert CIA missions to overthrow governments sympathetic to the Soviets.
          • Eisenhower’s administration provided aid to dictators friendly to US interests (the Shah of Iran, Fulgencio Batista in Cuba,
          • For example, in 1954 Eisenhower authorized the CIA to depose the democrat-ically elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Arbenz
        • View of the world as one polarized between Soviet totalitarian communism (them) and American democracy and freedoms (us)
          • Eisenhower’s administration provided aid to dictators friendly to US interests (the Shah of Iran, Fulgencio Batista in Cuba,
      • Massive Retaliation
      • China and Taiwan
        • Long standing parallels to the aggressive tendencies. Communist aggression towards European countries.
    • New Look Policy
      • National Security Strategy.
      • Relied on strategic nuclear weapons and air power while scaling back conventional army and naval forces.
      • More 'bang for buck'.
    • Intro
      • For - Middle East and Korea.
      • Against - Global Policy; Contain Communism.
        • China and  Taiwan = Massive Retaliation.

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