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During 1950, in an effort to reduce military spending, President Eisenhower created the “New Look” Policy and developed the “New Look” Military in order to “revamp” containment and deter the Soviet Union from spreading Communism. Although this was his intention, the United States only succeeded in reducing the military budget, and did not deter the Soviet Union from trying to expand Communism. President Eisenhower wanted to perpetuate the containment policies that were laid out by George Kannan and the NSC 68, and his main goal was to deter Communism with the threat of nuclear retaliation. However, as the NSC 68 tripled defense spending to $50 billion per year during the Truman administration, Eisenhower wanted to drastically reduce the military …show more content…

He claimed that the use of nuclear weapons and the development of new jet bomber technology would save America money as it would reduce the need for people in the armed forces, in addition to reducing the production traditional bombs. As the “New Look” Policy was accepted and the “New Look” Military was developed, by the end of 1961, the United States was producing 51,000 bombs per year and had an arsenal of 22,000 weapons. As the United States was very vocal about the development of new technology, they ultimately hoped that the first message of their new arsenal would deter the Soviet Union. Yet, the emphasis on their new, improved, and cheaper nuclear arsenal, only showed America that these agents of “massive retaliation” were “more bang for their buck” as there was a boost in the American economy. Consequently, Eisenhower achieved one of his goals of reducing the military budget, as defense spending decreased and slowly stabilized to significantly lower amount than his predecessor. In spite of Eisenhower’s “New Look” military, the Soviet Union continuously tried to spread Communism to the surrounding countries. In 1954, the “New Look” military was put to the test as Ho Chi Minh attempted to establish Vietnam as a communist state, which in the eyes of the United States was not separate from the Communism in the

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