Dwight D Eisenhower inherited a nation ravaged by depression and two decades of war including World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Eisenhower intended to end The Korean War and create a time of peace. The United States under the Eisenhower administration developed what was designed to be an aggressive policy in which the United States would uses “massive retaliation” and “liberation” tactics to discourage Communist interference in American affairs. This policy was called the “policy of boldness” by Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles (Bailey, Cohen, and Kennedy 918). The foundations of the “policy of boldness” rested in the prevention of the spread of Communism, the liberation of nations suffering from Communism, deferred funding from Armed forces to nuclear weaponry, and war as a last resort. The Eisenhower administrations based their foreign policy on the principles aforementioned in “policy of boldness” as seen in the actions taken during the Suez Crisis, Castro’s revolt, and the fall of Dienbeinphu.

The United States was extremely concerned at the events unfolding in Indochina in a crucial base in Dienbeinphu. In Indochina, France was tryi

In 1959, Fidel Castro led a revolt in 1959 against Cuba’s current dictator Fulgencio Batista. Intially, the United States saw Castro as a positive figure and hoped they could encourage Cuba into establishing a democratic government. Castro’s actions involving government implication were not clear to the United States until November 1959 when Castro replace non-communist government officials with communist and purged his cabinet with Communists. Castro’s change in government enraged the United States government. “… many of Castro’s more moderate supporters, the CIA and the State Department concluded that Castro had betrayed the original promises under which he had gained power” ( Higgins 48) Eisenhower grew frustrated at the current situation in Cuba. “He concluded that ‘Castro is beginning to look like a madman’(Higgins 49). Eisenhower finally took action by instituting an embargo on all arms from U.S. to Cuba in 1960. In response to the embargo and the sinking of a French ammunition ship La Coubre in Havana harbor, Castro seized over 1 billion dollars in U.S. property. Eisenhower than adopted a 4 part covert plan of Richard Bissell. The essential part of Bissell’s plan was the organization of Cuban refugees called Frente Revolucionario Democratico to attack Cuba. The U.S. wanted no Russian interference during this U.S./Cuba ordeal and considered issuing the Monroe Doctrine. However, Khrushchev exclaimed, “that the Monroe Doctrine, having outlived its time, should now be buried as a corpse” (Higgins 54) Khrushchev later claimed that if the United States attacked Cuba we would send missiles at the United States. Eisenhower secretly used the CIA to undermine Castro. “Castro himself estimated in 1975 that there had been no less than twenty-four such CIA attempts on his life”(Higgins 55). Eisenhower again refused to use force against a nation this time it was Cuba. “…[Eisenhower] warn[ed] Republican members of Congress that the use of United States forces against Cuba would turn all of Latin American away from the United States and towards communism…”(Higgins 56) Eisenhower just like in Indochina, feared the spread of Communism and as result refused to use the nuclear weapons that he so passionately supported. Bissell’s failures in assembling a justifiable plan against Cuba led to the ending of the Presidents hopes of solving the problems in Cuba. Kennedy inherited the burdens and blunder of Eisenhower’s failure in Cuba, which unfortunately led to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Many Democrats during this time argued that Eisenhower had lost Cuba to the Communist. The Eisenhower administration did not understand the magnitude of Castro’s revolution. The United States underestimated what dangers a new government in Cuba what present. Therefore, the United States was not able to take the necessary steps to acquire essential knowledge that could have led destroying a Communist threat in Cuba.

ng to re-establish its colonial power. Dwight D Eisenhower and his secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, who were dually responsible for most of United States actions abroad, believed that French control of Indochina was essential for prevent

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