Tag: Eisenhower

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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

2nd December 2021
Tagged as: America, Communism, Eisenhower, McCarthy, Politics, Senate, USA

United States Senator Joseph McCarthy was censured for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonour and disrepute.”

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7th April 1954: President Eisenhower first described the ‘domino theory’ of the spread of communism during a news conference

7th April 2021
Tagged as: America, Cold War, Communism, Eisenhower, United States, USA, Vietnam, Vietnam War

He likened the spread of communism in Southeast Asia to a row of dominoes quickly collapsing after the first one falls.

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3rd January 1961: USA cuts diplomatic relations with Cuba

3rd January 2021
Tagged as: America, Castro, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, Eisenhower, International Relations, Kennedy, USA

On the 3^rd January 1961, the United States of America severed its diplomatic relationship with Cuba and closed the American embassy in Havana.