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New Look, U.S. military strategy developed by the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and intended as a way for the country to meet its Cold War obligations without overburdening the economy. It relied on the threat of massive retaliation in response to Soviet provocations.
The New Look was the name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It reflected Eisenhower's concern for balancing the Cold War military commitments of the United States with the nation's financial resources.
Dwight D. Eisenhower brought a "New Look" to U.S. national security policy in 1953. The main elements of the New Look were: (1) maintaining the vitality of the U.S. economy while still building sufficient strength to prosecute the Cold War; (2) relying on nuclear weapons to deter Communist aggression or, if necessary, to fight a war; (3) using ...
New Look policy gave rise to talk of the need to employ a diplomacy of brinksmanship: a willingness on the part of American leaders to take the world to the brink of a nuclear war with the hope that the Soviets would back down in the face of a potential US nuclear strike. But the stakes were high.
Apr 7, 2023 · What was the New Look Policy? The New Look was an American national security policy first articulated in 1953 during the administration of Dwight Eisenhower. Broadly, the New Look sought to...
Aug 1, 2003 · Aug. 1, 2003. During the early 1950s, the Eisenhower Administration ushered in what came to be called the “New Look” in US strategic affairs. It was a major transition, one that pushed strategic airpower—and thus the United States Air Force—to the forefront of the nation’s Cold War defense policies.
January 1, 2014. Overview We study the Eisenhower presidencies from the end of the Korean War until 1960. This period was marked by significant changes in U.S. strategic doc-trine, a shift from the massive conventional buildup recommended by NSC-68 to-ward the New Look strategy of a lean and mean military that would rely on nuclear weapons.
