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One of Eisenhowerâs main goals of foreign policy was to contain communism. A great fear was that of the domino effect, the belief that if one country fell to communism, so would another and another and so on.In his first inaugural address, he declared,ne of Eisenhowerâs main goals of foreign policy was to contain communism. A great fear was that of the domino effect, the belief that if one country fell to communism, so would another and another and so on.
Although Dulles did not directly refer to nuclear weapons, it was clear that the new policy he was describing would depend upon the âmassive retaliatory powerâ of such weapons to respond to future communist acts of war. The speech was a reflection of two of the main tenets of foreign policy under Eisenhower and Dulles. First was the belief, particularly on the part of Dulles, that Americaâs foreign policy toward the communist threat had been timidly reactive during the preceding Democratic administration of President Harry S. Truman.