Talk:Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower did not accept containment, instead he was basically the first president to accept Rollback as a major policy regarding the US-Soviet relationship. Rollback was cheaper because he was able to determine where and when a confrontation happened, all of his covert ops fall under rollback as a policy.

Brinkmanship needs to be mentioned somewhere. His secretary of state, John Foster Fulles coined the idea during the presidency. This led to the build up of nuclear weapons and was another large part of Eisenhower's foreign policy. Brinkmanship was cheaper than fighting conventional wars.

• Some of us need this article, dumbass.

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if his military career is a seperate article why not his presidency?

I think separate will be better. The BIO article should focus on Ike himself, and this can discuss many different policies that he did not directly handle. Rjensen 02:16, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

"During his campaign, Eisenhower had promised to end the stalemate Korean War. He threatened to use nuclear weapons and a cease-fire was signed in July 1953." Is this correct. Wasn't it McArthur that wanted to use nuclear weapons?

When Eiesenhower was president, hadn't Truman already fired MacArthur?

the statement is correct. It was Truman who publicly threatened to use nuclear weapons, not MacArthur. Rjensen 06:55, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I haven't seen anything in this article, not in the "main" article, about Eisenhower's health during his presidency—did I miss it, or is it not there? And wasn't his health a big issue … heart attack, stroke, etc.? KevinWho 13:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed an unverifiable report of Eisenhower meeting with space aliens. --74.33.25.102 18:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Extra Info...

Do you think it should be mentioned that Eisenhower was the first US President to use/have flown on Air Force One? 24.162.228.153 (talk) 01:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eisenhower Jewish?

A sentence had been added with mention of the belief by "some" that Eisenhower was Jewish and hid it. A World Book article was recently given as a supportive source; it is accessible by subscription only, however, hindering verification. In 1966, Time Magazine included an article stating that Gerald L. K. Smith, who made such bigoted claims in 1952, appealed "only to a lunatic fringe". As there remain no readily verifiable and reliable sources to support Eisenhower's being Jewish, the associated sentence is removed. —Adavidb 05:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yes, Another Source Has Been Added

After realizing that World Book Online requires a subscription (I had "Remember Password" checked so long I forgot it wasn't free), I have added another source to it. Not Something and Not Someone (talk) 16:47, 1 February 2008 (UTC)