Overview of Ike's foreign policy

Ike = Eisenhower K = Khrushchev

What was Ike’s policy concerning Korea?

containment

Overall what was Eisenhower’s policy surrounding communism?

Rollback

What was Ike’s type of response when pursuing rollback?

Massive retaliation

How long did it take for Ike to stop the Korean war?

6 months

What did Ike do to ward off the Chinese during the Korean war?

Threaten them with nuclear weapons

Why did Ike use nuclear weapons to threaten countries?

To keep a low budget

What did Ike use to carry out his work?

The CIA

What did Ike refuse to send France during the Vietnam war?

bombers and atomic bombs

What is Ike’s presidency described as?

hidden hand presidency

Who called Ike’s presidency the “hidden hand presidency”?

Fred I. Greenstein

What are the two islands that that china shelled?

Quemoy and Matsu

Where are the two islands China shelled close to?

Formosa

Who led American intervention in Iran?

The CIA

What were the CIA told to do in Iran?

Start pro-shah riots

Who did the CIA ovrthrow to instate the Shah into power?

Mohammad Mosaddegh

What was the pretext of getting involved in Iran (hint:allies)?

To protect british oil from the soviets

Who called Ike “devious in the best sense of the word”?

Nixon

Who stated the weaknesses of the hidden hand presidency?

Arthur Schlesinger

What did Schlesinger claim the white house should be?

A place of moral leadership

What does Ike do to send China a message after the bombed formosa?

Attempted manoevres off the cost of China and tested atomic weapons

What was Ike’s response when asked by his sons if there was a nuclear war?

We would be scrambling for worms

Who was Ike’s press secretary?

Hagerty

When was the Geneva summit?

1955

What did both Ike and Khrushchev agree was the only way to save the world in the Geneva 1955 summit?

Diplomacy

What did Ike propose at the 1955 Geneva summit?

Open skies

How did K feel as though the US were doing when proposing the Open Skies at the Geneva summit?

“to look into our bedrooms”

Where was K when the first spy plane flew over Moscow?

At the US embassy toasting world peace

How did Ike say he would deem the actions of the USSR if the USSR were also sending spy planes over?

an act of war

What is the name of the first satellite launched?

Sputnik

What did Ike ask for after the launch of sputnik?

A high level secret report

What did Ike consider the high level secret report on Sputnik was?

Hysterical

Why was Ike not worried about the satellites the USSR was launching?

Because he had a stronger military

What is the name of the hearings held by the democrats to make Ike look vulnerbale?

The missile gap

Who was Ike’s vp?

Nixon

What happened to the sattelite the USA tried to launch after sputnik?

It crashed

What was the nickname given to the satellite launched by the US which failed?

The flopnik

What did Ike fear over a missile gap?

A missile war

Why was the military unhappy with Ike?

Because there was a low budget

What did the military want from Ike?

A military-industrial complex

In Ike’s opinion, what coudl a missile war bring?

an age of terror

Where did Ike invite K to with the aims of diffusing tensions and the “age of terror”?

Camp David

What did K give Ike upon his arrival to the US?

A miniture sputnik

What did both countries agree to at camp david in terms of military?

To reduce their army sizes

After the agreed reduction of army sizes at campt david, what did Ike convince K to do?

Reomve the ultimatum in Berlin

What did Ike promise to at camp david which for him meant peace between the USA and USSR?

To attend the Paris summit

What did Ike want to check before attending the Paris summit alongside the USSR?

The soviet missile strength

Who was the head of the CIA for Ike?

Allen Dulles

What is the name of the planes which flew over the USSR to photograph their missile camps?

U2

Why did the CIA want to send more U2 planes after the first?

Because they had failed to photograph a crucial site

Why was Ike unsure on whether or ot to send another U2 plane in May?

The clouds were parting —> easier to see

How many people had K cut from his army following the camp david meeting?

1 million

What is the name of the U2 pilot who got caught by the USSR?

Francis Gary Powers

At first what did the US say the plane which got caught was?

A NASA weather plane

Who was Ike’s press secretary?

James Hagerty

Who did K blame for the U2 plane?

The pentagon

What does CIA stand for

Central intelligence army

Where was Ike camping out whilst the press were charging him down about the U2 plane?

Gettysburg hotel

What was K’s reaction to the news that Ike had allowed the U2 plane to fluy over the USSR?

He cancelled his visit to moscow

How did K say je felt after the capture of Gary Powers?

Like he had no control

What was K’s response to France accusing the USSR of putting cameras on their sattelites?

“God sees me and my hands are clean”

What does K ask for from Ike at the Paris summit meeting?

An apology

Does Ike oblige K’s demand of an apology at the Paris summit meeting?

No

What is K’s reaction to Ike refusing to apologise?

He storms out of the meeting

What does K call Ike after he refuses to apologise?

A dirty capitalist thief whom he caught red handed