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The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in later draft movements including the 1992 Draft Perot movement [100] and the 2008 Draft Condi movement. [101] [102] In his 2000 book, Pickett wrote: In truth, Eisenhower's decision to become a candidate was less complicated, not to mention less devious, and more honorable.
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 5, 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". ". Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression
Eisenhower and members of his Cabinet inspect the YB-52 prototype of the B-52, c.1954. Eisenhower unveiled the New Look, his first national security policy, on October 30, 1953. It reflected his concern for balancing the Cold War military commitments of the United States with the risk of overwhelming the nation's financial resources.
A "Draft Eisenhower" movement in the Republican Party persuaded him to declare his candidacy in the 1952 presidential election to counter the candidacy of non-interventionist Senator Robert A. Taft. The effort was a long struggle; Eisenhower had to be convinced that political circumstances had created a genuine duty to offer himself as a ...
One of the first scholarly looks at the 1952 presidential campaign, [1] Pickett's book focused on Eisenhower's political reputation, and challenged the notion that he was a reluctant presidential candidate who needed to be convinced to run, [2] in what became known as the "Draft Eisenhower" movement. The idea that Eisenhower was an unwilling ...
The United States foreign policy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, from 1953 to 1961, focused on the Cold War with the Soviet Union and its satellites. The United States built up a stockpile of nuclear weapons and nuclear delivery systems to deter military threats and save money while cutting back on expensive Army combat units.
The first 1961 State of the Union Address was delivered in written format [1] by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 12, 1961, to the 87th United States Congress. [2] It was Eisenhower's ninth and final State of the Union Address.
Eisenhower's "humanity hanging from a cross of iron" evoked William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold speech. As a result, "The Chance for Peace speech", colloquially, became known as the "Cross of Iron speech" and was seen by many as contrasting the Soviet Union's view of the post- World War II world with the United States' cooperation and ...