Summary: On the Board: Truman Doctrine & its implications for future Presidents Containment and its application NSC-68 -1950 Korea, Latin America, Vietnam, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba ABC (Anything But Communism) Eisenhower/Dulles (Secretary of State) New Look Massive retaliations “Rollback” Frontiermanship JFK- Flexible Response 1960′s- M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) Nixon & Ford -> Détente ABM Treaty & SALT I Carter – SALT II Reagan START Client State National Security Act 1947 – Creates National Security Council/NSA Department of Defense (Department of War, Pentagon) CIA- Overt & Covert Military Containment Joint Chiefs
