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CIA Covert Operations
The cold war started in 1947 with Truman and continued in Eisenhower’s presidency. By using the strategy of containment that George Kennan advised, the United States avoided direct aggressions with the Soviet and kept communism from spreading to other countries. In this race of technologies and weapons, the soviets placed spies in the United States, and with the information they gained, they invented their first nuclear bomb. Thus, Truman established the CIA through the National Security Act to spy Soviet’s activities. However, Eisenhower alters the role of CIA during his presidency through different covert operations that manipulated governments to benefit the United States.
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