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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
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