New Look (policy)
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The New Look was the name given to the national security policy of the United States during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It reflected Eisenhower's concern for balancing the Co
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, right, shown here with President Eisenhower in 1956, became identified with the doctrine of "massive retaliation."
President Eisenhower and members of his Cabinet inspect the YB-52 prototype of the B-52.
The B-47 long-range bomber was the mainstay of U.S. deterrence during most of the New Look.
A B-52 long-range bomber. The first models were deployed just as the New Look took shape.
Massive retaliation
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Massive retaliation is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy that commits a state to retaliate to an attack in much greater force, especially with the use of nuclear weapons.
US President Eisenhower (left) meeting with Secretary of State Dulles at the White House in 1956
US President Kennedy (left) and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1962
US and Soviet tanks face off in Berlin in 1961