1. President Eisenhower and the Cold War
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. ... Americans were so fearful of a communist foothold in Latin America that a statement with echoes of the Monroe Doctrine was made asserting that any spread of communism in the Americas was a direct threat to the sovereignty and independence of the American people, endangering peace. ... Eisenhower's administration understood the importance of Latin America in the war of ideology and firmly believed in the virtues of the domino theory. ...
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