Essay Plan
- Created by: mollybrett
- Created on: 24-03-21 11:31
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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.
- Example - Iran 1953
- Suez crisis
- England and France held Imperial desire.
- Brought question around US status as a superpower.
- Point - Eisenhower the CIA were involved extensively in regime outside Europe.
- Arguments against
- Korea
- Wanted peace.
- Avoided entangle- ments
- Wanted peace.
- 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,
- For example) and authorize covert CIA missions to overthrow governments sympathetic to the Soviets.
- Massive Retaliation
- China and Taiwan
- Long standing parallels to the aggressive tendencies. Communist aggression towards European countries.
- Korea
- 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.
- Europe
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