Eisenhower & Dulles. Produce a SWOT analysis of the new US administration.
 starter activity
How did US foreign
policy develop under
Truman, Eisenhower &
 Aims
Kennedy?
To identify key characteristics of the ‘New
Look’
To assess the extent it marked a change from
previous US foreign policy
 Your task
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Read p.81 and note down the key characteristics
of Eisenhower’s ‘New Look’
Characteristics of the New Look
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Hard-line approach
USSR & Communist allies were pursuing
expansionist foreign policy
Military means to contain communism
‘Massive retaliation’
‘Brinkmanship’
Covert operations
 Your task
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Read p.82 and find evidence of compromise &
conciliation in Eisenhower’s foreign policy
approach
Nixon, Eisenhower & Dulles
Evidence of
compromise/conciliation
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Eisenhower keen to avoid military confrontation
Economic pressures – by 1954, 12% US GNP
spent on armaments
Drive for smaller army & more efficient
weapons – ‘more bang for your buck’
Eisenhower less prone to scaremongering than
Truman
U-2 spy planes gave USA greater intelligence
Produce a factoid on
the career and
achievements of
Dwight Eisenhower
 Your task
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How similar or different were Eisenhower’s
foreign policy objectives to those of Truman?
Complete a Venn diagram.
Read John Foster Dulles obituary. Imagine you are Molotov reading this text. Underline an
what you would challenge or what would make you angry
 Your task
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Study the sources on p.83 and complete a chart similar
to the one below:
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Answer Qs 1 & 2 on p.84
 Your task
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Read p.84 and note the impact that Kennedy’s decisions
had on US foreign policy.
Kennedy’s foreign policy
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‘Flexible Response’ – range of responses including
conventional weapons, covert operations, economic aid
& nuclear
‘We intend to have a wider choice than humiliation or
all-out nuclear war’
Economic aid – e.g. $20bn to Latin-Am.
Covert operations – e.g. Cuba, Bay of Pigs (1961)
Military expansion – increased to 2.7m (1964); specialist
units, e.g. Green Berets
Diplomacy
 Your task
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Produce a timeline charting the achievements of
Cold War. Plot the achievements and failures
either side of the timeline. Use p.85-6
 Plenary
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What were the characteristics of Truman’s
approach to foreign policy
How was Eisenhower’s approach different?
How significant was the influence of Dulles on
US foreign policy?