Eisenhower's New-Look National Security Policy, 1953-61

The New Look sought to formulate a more selective and flexible response to Communist challenges. The New Look was not simply a `bigger bang for a buck'' nor merely a device for achieving a balanced budget, nor did it amount solely to a strategy of massive retaliation, as is commonly assumed. Dr Dockrill''s incisive revisionist analysis of the subject throws new light on US ambitious global strategy during the Eisenhower years.