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How did the Eisenhower-Dulles “New Look” policy change the US approach to the Cold War?<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chapter outline<\/strong><\/p>\n

I.\u00a0 Eisenhower’s perspective<\/p>\n

II.\u00a0 Dulles’s perspective<\/p>\n

III.\u00a0 The New Look (1953-61)<\/p>\n

IV.\u00a0 Communication Problems<\/p>\n

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The GOP Foreign Policy Landscape<\/h2>\n
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L to R: Eisenhower, Dulles, Taft<\/p><\/div>\n

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  • President Dwight Eisenhower<\/li>\n
  • Secretary of State John Foster Dulles<\/li>\n
  • Senator Robert Taft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Defining the New Look (1953-61)<\/h2>\n

    Operation Solarium (1953) and move from symmetry to asymmetry<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • Nuclear deterrence\n
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      • “Massive retaliation” and “brinkmanship”<\/li>\n
      • Conventional vs. nuclear weapons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Alliances\n
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        • Multilateralism and unilateralism<\/li>\n
        • NATO (1949-55), SEATO (1954), CENTO (1955)<\/li>\n
        • Neutrality or non-aligned nations (Bandung Conference, 1955)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Psychological warfare\n
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          • “Liberation” and “rollback” and “Open Skies”<\/li>\n
          • Propaganda (Voice of America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • Covert operations\n
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            • Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954)<\/li>\n
            • Other CIA actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • Negotiations\n
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              • Death of Stalin (1953) and return of summit diplomacy<\/li>\n
              • Geneva (1955), Camp David (1959), Paris (1960)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                Debating Eisenhower’s Legacy<\/h2>\n

                How should historians interpret President Dwight Eisenhower’s now-famous farewell address (January 1961), which invoked a warning about the rising “military-industrial complex”?<\/p>\n

                From National Archives:<\/strong><\/p>\n