Alliances And Shifts

Question 1

Eisenhower Aims

Answer 1

Wanted to create a global network of allies so less pressure on US forces

Question 2

SEATO

Answer 2

Southeast Asian collective defence treaty
May 1953- USSR agreed to provide defence technology to China
Dulles created SEATO sept 1954 including Thailand,B,F,US, Australia, New Zealand

Question 3

Warsaw Pact

Answer 3

May 1955
USSR Response to West Germany being admitted to NATO
Non threatening alliance
Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, East Germany, Hungary
Reinforced satellite states and showed political and economic relationship

Question 4

New Look policy

Answer 4

October 1953
Eisenhower
Rollback- roll back communism and Moscow’s power
Increased reliance on nuclear weapons
Most cost effective way of winning Cold War

Question 5

Brinkmanship

Answer 5

Dulles used nuclear power as a diplomatic tool

Force agreements by getting close to nuclear war but not actually engaging in war