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truman fp

truman doctrine, Marshall plan, Berlin airlift, Korean war

eisenhower

eisenhower doctrine, new look policy, massive retaliation, Suez crisis, hungarian uprising

JFK

flexible response doctrine, alliance for progress, Bay of pigs invansion, cuban missile crisis

truman doctrine

formally announced that US would support countries that rose against communism - specifically Greece + Turkey

marshall plan

(truman) economic program that gave billions of dollars to european countries to rebuild their own economies and get rid of communism

berlin airlift

(truman) response to Soviet blockade in West Berlin - US/Allies flew aircrafts over to supply the city with food

korean war

(Truman) Truman (under UN) sent forces to support South Korea. North Korea was communist so it emphasizes US aggression against communism

Eisenhower doctrine

expanded military force in Middle East to help resist against the spread of communism

New Look Policy

Eisenhower reliance nuclear weapons/air power over traditional tactics. Hopes to prevent Soviet spread of communism

Massive Retaliation

(Eisenhower) policy which threats of nuclear warfare could be used to prevent war (failed w Hungarian uprising)

Suez Crisis

(EIsenhower) Egypt sized canal from Britain and France. GB/France/Israel team up to attack Egypt. US didn’t help GB/France so they left and the UN sent peacekeepers/policy to end and sort out the conflict (fear that Egypt would turn communist if US intervened)

Hungarian uprising

(eisenhower) showed massive retaliation wouldn’t work. Revolts in Hungary against communist Soviet Union — risk of nuclear war and already was occupied with Suez Canal

flexible response doctrine

(JFK) didn’t want to rely on nuclear weapons (Eisenhower), offered other options

alliance for progress

(JFK) - wanted to promote development/democracy in Latin America - wanted to go against communism influence

Bay of Pigs Invasion

(JFK) CIA scheme that would overthrow Cuba’s communist government under Fidel Castro. Failure bc army was better than US and Cuba didn’t really support it

Cuban Missile Crisis

(JFK) Soviet Union took advantage of the Cuban situation, secretly making weapons in Cuba. Kennedy ordered for a naval quarantine for the removal of the weapons. Khrushchev did remove missiles so US ended the quarantine and agreed not to invade.

difference of diff presidents

Truman wanted to contain communism + prevent spread - launched popularity. Direct aggressive - korean war. Economic and military aid

Eisenhower also liked containment but wanted things related to massive retaliation + New Look Policy. Secret - U2 spy planes, CIA interventions, built up military arsenal. Didn’t do direct

JFK did not want to rely on nuclear weapons with Flexible Response Plan, Peace Corps (young people which helped people in the world)

U2 Situation

(Eisenhower) U2 planes are spy planes that could take photos + hard to shoot down (high up). Eventually lucky enough to shoot down and crashed - Eisenhower lied said it was a weatherplane. Khrushchev and Eisenhower were going to meet up but now they didn’t