Cold+WarLB

= Eisenhower's Cold War Policies =

**Massive Retaliation**
===The U.S feared that communism would spread to many free nations. Eisenhower believed that many small war would not help prevent communism from spreading and he believed that they were a wast of time and money. He Believed that the best way to stop communism and prevent wars from happening was to threaten to use nuclear weapons.This policy ended up being called massive retaliation.===

Brinkmanship
===Although Eisenhower used massive retaliation to help prevent small wars and the spread of communism, we started using a new tactic called brinkmanship. This meant the the U.S was at the "brink" of going to war to stop the spread of communism and have the other side back down. durring many crisis, the president felt the need to threaten the use of nuclear weapons.===

Taiwan
===After the Korean war ended a new problem occurred in Asia. China wanted to gain control over some small islands and turn them communist. Taiwan was one of those islands, in 1954 china threatened to take control of Taiwan. Eisenhower asked congress to authorize permission to use force against China to help Taiwan from any invasions.Later china Backed down.===

Sputnik Launches Space Race
===Sputnik was the first satellite that orbit the earth.When the U.S began developing ICBMs they were shocked that the Soviet Union already had them. Because of this the U.S congress created NASA, it was in charge of coordinating missile research and space exploration. During the Cold War both nations began using satellite for communication and a way of spying.===

Covert Operation
===Eisenhower used the CIA to help in covert operations. Covert Operations also know as hidden operations were used to prevent communist uprising in other countries. The CIA would take power away from anti-American leaders and give the power to pro-American leaders. Two covert operation achievement the U.S had occurred in Iran and Guatemala by taking power away from their leaders.===

Spy Plane Is Shut Down
===After the leader of the Soviet visited America, he and Eisenhower agreed to have a summit,a face to face meet. But before the summit an American spy plane was shot down, Eisenhower denied that it was a spy plane. When Khrushchev told him they had the pilot he claimed he would not apologize because the flights had protected America, Due to this the summit was canceled.===