Describe the most important developments in American foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Eisenhower's New Look foreign policy shifted American military priorities from reliance on conventional weapons to nuclear deterrence and covert operations.
2. Eisenhower sought opportunities to slow the arms race with the Soviet Union.
3. The Eisenhower administration distrusted countries that maintained neutrality in the Cold War.
4. Through covert operations, including coups and assassinations, the CIA manipulated governments around the world.
5. The Middle East became a focus for U.S. foreign policy under Eisenhower.
6. The Eisenhower Doctrine was a pledge to defend Middle Eastern countries against communist aggression.
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