Cold War under Eisenhower

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkvfcAlujZ0

•After USSR tests their own atomic bomb, US creates better bomb•Nov. 1952, US has thermonuclear bomb, 800X more powerful than Hiroshima bomb•USSR steals these plans too•Arms Race begins when Ike and Dulles stockpile nukes and implement brinksmanship

Ike and the CIAIke came to rely on CIA for informationCIA given lots of leeway to operate

1953-Iran1954-Guatamala

Ike and Khrushchev1953, Stalin dies, Khrushchev takes over USSRSeemed less oppressive than StalinThings don’t change that much between the super powers:

No Real Change1955 Germany rearms and joins NATOWarsaw Pact created

1955 Geneva Summit1st US-USSR meeting since WWIIIke proposes Open Skies PolicyNothing gets done

1956 Middle East CrisisEgypt seizes Suez CanalFrance, Great Britain and Israel invade EgyptUSSR threatens nuclear strike, UN intervenesThis leads to Eisenhower Doctrine

1956 Hungarian RebellionStudents protestRed Army moves in and kills 30,000 protesters

Cold War and TechnologyUS felt they were superior to USSRUS shocked in October 1957 when USSR launches Sputnik I After failures, US launches its own satellite in 1958Space Race has begun

The U2 Incident

Summer of 1992, me and my friends went to the U2 concert I sat in the last row of the stadiumMy friend threw a guy’s shirt out of the stadium

The Real U2 Incident

US started flying missions in 1955Since 1958, USSR knew about itIke wanted out, Dulles pushed for more flightsUS caught in lie when Powers U2 is shot/crashes down inside USSR

Powers fails to do his job and he and his plane are captured1960 US-USSR Summit is ruined due to this

Cold War in Asia/Pacific KoreaVietnamSEATOChina

Cold War in the Middle EastEgypt (CIA and Nassar) Iran (CIA overthrow) IsraelEgypt and IsraelMETO1956 Suez Canal BattleEisenhower Doctrine

Cold War in Latin AmericaGuatemalaCuba