Alliances and shifts * Flashcards
When was Eisenhower elected as president?
November 1952
What was Eisenhowers strategy towards alliances?
Create a global network of alliances to encircle the USSR and China with pro-US allies based on a provision of a nuclear umbrella
When was SEATO created and what does it stand for?
- September 1954
- The Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation
What were its impacts?
Closer sino-soviet relations as USSR provide significant economic aid and technological expertise to China
SEATO members
1) Thailand
2) Pakistan
3) Britain
4) France
5) US
6) Australia
7) New Zealand
8) Philippines
When did West Germany join NATO?
May 1955
When did FRG join the council of Europe?
November 1949
When was the Warsaw Pact?
May 1955 So that the USSR could further consolidate it’s relations with it’s satellite states through a collective security strategy
When was the New Look Policy put in place? and who was partially responsible?
October 1953, John Foster Dulles
What was the impact of the New Look policy?
- rollback
- relieved stalemate created by Truman’s restrictive policy of containment
Massive retaliation
Was to threaten “massive retaliation” with nuclear weapons in response to any act of aggression by a potential enemy
Dulles and Eisenhower feared the cost required to defend the West with conventional forces
This was faster and less costly response
What was the Warsaw pact described as?
Paper tiger
Threatening but ineffective
What were the key aspects of the New Look policy?
- Massive retaliation
- Brinkmanship
- strengthening global alliances
- greater focus on nuclear development and reductions in conventional forces
- nuclear weapons as a diplomatic tool
Why was Eisenhower fearful of France in Indochina
They were losing their grip on it
Feared ‘domino theory’ and communism spreading across Asia
What did USA become more fearful of in Indochina
Rise of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
USA contributed more than French to cost of war
But refused to send troops
