Sports Illustrated and the Melbourne Defection

During his election campaign, Dwight D. Eisenhower had publicly criticized the Truman administration for “silently consenting” to Soviet rule in Eastern Europe and told voters that he would endeavor to restore freedom to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. Yet as his first term in the White House...

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Published inCold War Games p. 103
Main Author Rider, Toby C
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of Illinois Press 27.04.2016
Subjects
Aerospace engineering
Applied sciences
Artificial satellites
Astronautics
Behavioral sciences
Communications
Communism
Engineering
Foreign residents
Government
Government officials
Human populations
Leisure studies
Mass communication
Olympic games
Persons
Political activism
Political change
Political ideologies
Political philosophy
Political processes
Political protests
Political revolutions
Political science
Politics
Population studies
Propaganda
Recreation
Refugees
Social sciences
Soviet satellites
Sporting events
Sports
Sports tournaments
Summer Olympic games
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Summary:During his election campaign, Dwight D. Eisenhower had publicly criticized the Truman administration for “silently consenting” to Soviet rule in Eastern Europe and told voters that he would endeavor to restore freedom to the countries behind the Iron Curtain. Yet as his first term in the White House drew to a close, the United States was no nearer to fulfilling this goal. The government’s aim of “liberating” Eastern Europe suffered perhaps its greatest setback in 1956, when riots in Poland and a revolution in Hungary failed to dislodge either country from the Soviet orbit.¹ In the aftermath of these events
ISBN:0252040236
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