al disarmament and neutrality to an arms build up and collective security. He made America stronger than it had ever been seen before and helped in creating the United States in becoming a world power. In 1952, Dwight Eisenhower was elected president and immediately became extremely popular. He also shared Trumans basic view of American foreign policy. Eisenhower also perceived communism as a force struggling for world supremacy. Eisenhower and his secretary of state, John Dulles, and his brother Allen, who headed up the CIA, felt that containment did not go far enough to stop communist expansion. A more aggressive policy was established. It was during this era that the CIA began more covert actions within the third world countries. In Operation Success the CIA engaged in paramilitary activity to over-throw the leader of Guatemala, a Russian controlled dictator. This policy has continued through many presidential administrations. President Eisenhower wanted to control the spread of communism and did so by using the tactics of the CIA. In 1958 he presented the Eisenhower doctrine which sent marines into Lebanon to support the residing president. The presidents intervention illustrated his methods for it was a unilateral action that endangered general war to support a less than democratic government. Many felt that his relations within third world counties were not up to date or current of the time. Kennedys brief tenure as president was the most noted for tense confrontation known the Bay of Pigs. Communist Cuba led by Fidel Castro was about to receive missiles from Russia. Since Cuba is only a short distance from the United States border of Florida. This became a fearful threat to the national security of the U.S. Cuba was in the mists of building missile sights aimed directly for the United States and Russia was providing the nuclear warheads. Kennedy formed a blockade of destroyers also equipped with missiles. The threat of mutual a...
