The+Cold+War+Expands

= media type="custom" key="4570470"media type="custom" key="4570468" =




 * //__[[image:3.png]]

What methods did the United States use in its global struggle against the Soviet Union?__//**

On September 2, 1949, the Americans learned that the Soviet Union now had an atomic bomb. With that Truman soon ordered the development of hydrogen bombs. Many scientists warned that with the H-Bombs that it would lead to an ** arms race ** with the Soviet Union. So for the next four decades ( 40 years), the United States and the Soviet Union stockpiled nuclear weapons, each country hoping this program of ** mutually assured destruction ** would prevent the other from actually using the weapons. President Dwight D. Eisenhower still gathered and stocked up on nuclear weapons. Eisenhower foreign policy emphasized **massive retaliation**
 * //An arms race is a competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.//
 * // Mutually assured destruction is a military theory of nuclear deterrence holding that neither side will attack the other if both sides are guaranteed to be totally destroyed in the conflict. //

Which that the saying **brinkmanship** can to light. Eisenhower Secretary of State John Foster Dulles believed that a nation needs to go to the brink of war to have the rights to win.
 * //Massive retaliation is a strategy of military counterattack that involves the use of nuclear weapons//
 * // Brinkmanship is the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, esp. by creating diplomatic crises. //

In the Middle East, Egypt's president wanted to build a dam on the Nile River.Thats when he opened relations it the communist China and the Soviet Union, the United States with drew help from the Middle East, Egypt.Nasser the ** nationalized ** the Suez Canal. Using the ** suez crisis ** as an excuse the France and Great Britian took over the canals, But then they withdrew when Eisenhower would not support them.
 * // Nationalized was to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land: a movement to nationalize the oil industry. //
 * //The Suez Crisis began on 26 July 1956, when, following the United States’ decision to withdraw its offer of a grant to aid the construction of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.//

Then Eisenhower the announced to the United States that they would use force to help any nation that was being theartened by any communism. In 1958 the ** Eisenhower Doctrine ** was used to put down any revolt against a pro-American government. The administration also used the **Central Intelligence Agency(CIA).** >
 * //After the Suez Crisis of 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, citing the danger of the spread of “international Communism,” told Congress on 5 January 1957 that the United States regarded “as vital to the national interest and world peace the preservation of the independence and integrity of the nations of the Middle East.” He asked for authorization to develop economic and military programs, including the use of armed forces, to assist any “nation or group of nations in the general area of the Middle East desiring such assistance” to preserve their independence. After two months of acrimonious debate, Congress approved the “Eisenhower Doctrine” in a joint resolution on 9 March 1957.//
 * // The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. //

On October 4,1957 the Soviets Union launched the first satellite (Sputnik 1) In to space. This alarmed Congress with that passed the legislation to educat**e** scientist and they created the **National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)** **.**
 * // National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an // i //ndependent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight//

**__Websites that would help with father information on the cold war expands:__**
[] [] [] [] []

= = ​