Introduction
The presence of economic dynamism in the earlier twentieth century enabled the United States of America to establish itself as a great power. The economic powers of the US enabled leaders to pursue important policies that helped transform the country after the World War II. The country was leading in both regional and global politics through strong leadership of President Eisenhower and John Foster. The two figures had a lot of influence on the expansion of the American military power during the post-World War II. U.S has a long history of its military operations expanding their powers in both times of war and peace. The following essay discusses John and Eisenhower's contribution towards the new post-world War II issue for Americans. Additionally, the essay provides compares and contrasts the sentiments of the two leaders with Nikita's sentiments.
President Eisenhower sentiment
President Eisenhower was one of the highly known powerful leaders of America because of his contributions towards establishing the stable America after the World War II. On January 17, 1961, the President delivered a mighty speech to the public that warned America against the military industrial complex. The president had served for only two terms, but his efforts proved he was highly concerned about the future of America. During the cold war, Eisenhower came up with the strategy to build additional military equipment to defend the country from enemies. Additionally, President Eisenhower defined the new era after the World War II as the best period for America to reconstruct itself by engaging in matters of nation building.
In his speech, Eisenhower argued, “ the conjunction of an immense military establishment and large arms industry is new in the American experience We must not fail to comprehend its grave implication" (Ourdocuments). The above statement reveals that however the Eisenhower wanted the American military to remain powerful and ready for any external threat, giving them more powers would create more complications as they concentrate more on international values and not national building. Moreover, he argued that expanding military power towards international roles would become a threat to the American democracy since civilians will end up losing control of the military-industrial complex (NPR Staff 1).
John Foster Dulles sentiments
John Dulles served as the U.S. secretary of state during the Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. He was a lawyer by profession and played a critical role in implementing Eisenhower’s policies towards building a strong and independent America. Dulles strength emerged during the World War II when he acted as the primary spokesperson for the Federal Council of Churches. His sentiments were similar to those of Eisenhower, to build a united America. In 1952, Dulles created an article in the Life Magazine that aimed at creating a new policy that would restore the power of the United States and restrain Soviet expansionism. His sentiment that the containment of communism would promote peace following the U.S. policy marked Dulles leadership (United States Department of State 1).
On the other hand, Dulles used his position to resolve dangerous diplomatic conflicts that would lead to nations using the atomic retaliation to prevent the expansion of the Soviet Communism. He used military supports to back his words; hence, aimed at strengthening American ties with Western Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Moreover, Dulles realized America was the target for most Soviet Union nations and worked towards improving American military power beyond borders to resist Soviet aggression.
Comparing and contrasting of John and Eisenhower’s sentiments with those of Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union during the period of Cold War where he served as a premier between 1958 and 1964. He often attended peace deals with the West but was part of the team that instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nikita's peaceful sentiments had some similarities and differences from those of John Dulles and President Eisenhower D.
Comparison
Both Nikita and Dulles believed in a common sentiment of communism. He worked towards ensuring a peaceful negotiation between the Soviet Union and the West. Moreover, he preached peace among his followers just like Eisenhower. Nikita dedicated his efforts toward raising living standards of the people of Soviet Union by promoting Agricultural productivity during the Cold War.
Contrast
Nikita had a complex relationship with the West and tried all he could to bring down the United States. Nikita created more tension between the two communities whereas Eisenhower and Dulles, who tried to maintain peace between the West and the Soviet Union. For example, the United States discovered the Soviet Union in Cuba in October 1962 creating high tensions between the two that led to nuclear conflicts (History.com Staff). On the other hand, the Nikita and Dulles had different perspectives on maintaining peace. Nikita concentrated more on the peaceful deal between Soviet states but had no concern about the West while Dulles tried to bring the two communities together, the Soviet and the West.
Conclusion
Complicated ideological, political, and economic factors played a big role in establishing the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. The contrasting ideologies between leaders of both communities created a major rivalry that leads to the cold war. Leaders like Eisenhower and Dulles asked their people not to extend then rivalry and instead extend peace. However, other leaders seemed much negative and preferred to extend the rivalry. Nikita Khrushchev's sentiments differed from those of Eisenhower and Dulles regarding peaceful treaties between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Post-World War II.
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