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= Dwight D. Eisenhower =


 * Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890. Eisenhower was very well liked becuase of his natural manner. He became president of the USA in 1953.


 * Eisenhower use the threat of nuclear bombs to get China to a cease-fire in the Korean War.


 * Eisenhower believed that communism was trying to go global and take over other countries.


 * Eisenhower was having an arms race and space race with the Soviet Union. NASA was created during his presidency.


 * He was very cautious in deploying U.S. military and tried to avoid the use of nuclear bombs, even though he did threaten to use them. He had the U.S. ready to use nuclear weapons if they needed to.


 * One of his main promises he made as president was to end the Korean War, which he succeeded in doing.
 * Eisenhower was in presidency during the Cuban Missile Crisis.


 * There was a lot of debate between Eisenhower and his secretary of state about whether containment was enough to stop the Soviet Union. Eisenhower said he wanted to do more, even though he didn't when the time came.

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 * Eisenhower is often ranked among the top ten presidents by historians.

Resources

 * wikipedia
 * eisenhower & the cold war
 * coldwar- wikipedia