What was a result of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during president Eisenhower’s term?

John Swift examines a vital element of the Cold War and assesses the motives of the Superpowers. The destruction of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by American atomic weapons in August 1945 began an arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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MrZieleniewo MrZieleniewo · Answer 2 · 2019-03-23T18:12:23+01:00

The United States and the Soviet Union developed the ability to completely destroy each other.

As the Cold War continued, the two superpowers (US and USSR) kept escalating their weapons capabilities and stockpiles. It got to the point that if the two sides did plunge into war, they would face mutually assured destruction.

John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State under President Eisenhower. He held the office from 1953 to 1959. He wanted a change from what had been the "containment policy" which the US had followed during the Truman Administration, as recommended then by American diplomat George F. Kennan. Dulles felt the containment approach put the United States in a weak position, because it only was reactive, trying to contain communist aggression when it occurred.

Dulles sought to push America's policy in a more active direction; some have labeled his approach "brinkmanship." In an article in LIFE magazine in 1956, Dulles said, "The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art." He wasn't afraid to threaten massive retaliation against communist enemy countries as a way of intimidating them.