1. President Eisenhower and the Cold War
... War was dominated by fear. Fear of communism, nuclear war, the future, and of all things considered unknown, unusual or untraditional ran wild throughout the United States as the Eisenhower administration worked tirelessly to address the hysterical concerns of his constituents, doing so masterfully. At the root of the Cold War was the American fear of the spread of communism throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and eventually mainland USA ... an overreaction, but upon closer analysis this proves to be mistaken. Eisenhower's administration understood the importance of Latin America in ...
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