New Look defense policy

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Cold War strategy United States defense policy

The New Look defense policy was President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Cold War strategy that emphasized nuclear deterrence and reduced conventional military spending to contain the Soviet Union while limiting costs.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eisenhower New Look policy	1
New Look	1
New Look policy	1
New Look strategy of massive retaliation	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War strategy ⓘ United States defense policy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New Look defense policy ⓘ surface form: New Look
appliesToPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
architect	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
budgetaryEffect	slowed growth of U.S. defense expenditures relative to Korean War peak ⓘ
context	U.S.–Soviet nuclear arms competition ⓘ early Cold War containment strategy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	limited flexibility in responding to local or limited wars ⓘ overreliance on nuclear weapons ⓘ risk of rapid escalation to general nuclear war ⓘ
emphasis	balancing military commitments with federal budget constraints ⓘ cost-effective security ⓘ
focus	deterring Soviet conventional and nuclear attacks through threat of overwhelming nuclear response ⓘ
followedBy	flexible response doctrine ⓘ
goal	containment of the Soviet Union ⓘ deterrence of Soviet aggression ⓘ limiting U.S. defense costs ⓘ
implementedBy	National Security Council of the United States ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
influenced	U.S. nuclear force buildup in the 1950s ⓘ development of intercontinental nuclear delivery systems ⓘ expansion of the Strategic Air Command ⓘ
influencedBy	Korean War experience ⓘ concerns about U.S. defense spending levels ⓘ
mainOpponent	Soviet Union ⓘ
militaryBranchEmphasis	United States Air Force ⓘ
presidentialAdministration	Eisenhower administration ⓘ
principle	emphasis on air power ⓘ emphasis on strategic bombing capability ⓘ reduction of conventional forces ⓘ use of nuclear weapons as primary deterrent ⓘ
reducedEmphasisOn	United States Army ⓘ surface form: United States Army conventional ground forces large standing conventional forces ⓘ
relatedDocument	NSC-68 ⓘ surface form: NSC 162/2 NSC-68 ⓘ surface form: NSC 68 (as predecessor for containment framework)
replaced	Truman administration defense policy emphasis on large conventional forces ⓘ
securityConcept	brinkmanship ⓘ massive retaliation ⓘ
startTime	1953 ⓘ
strategy	nuclear deterrence ⓘ reliance on strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ threat of massive retaliation ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-1950s ⓘ
typeOfDeterrence	nuclear deterrence by punishment ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massive Retaliation strategy → alsoKnownAs → New Look defense policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Look strategy of massive retaliation

New Look defense policy → alsoKnownAs → New Look defense policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Look

Eisenhower administration → foreignPolicyDoctrine → New Look defense policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Look policy

Massive Retaliation strategy → partOf → New Look defense policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eisenhower New Look policy

Dwight D. Eisenhower → policy → New Look defense policy ⓘ