U-2 Incident
Beginning of paper
On May 1, 1960, two weeks prior to the United
States-Soviet Summit in Paris, a U-2 high altitude
reconnaissance airplane was shot down while flying a
spy mission over the Soviet Union. The Eisenhower
administration was forced to own up to the mission,
and Khrushchev canceled the Paris Summit. As a ....
Middle of paper
.... Eisenhower rejected the notion of a
"fortress America" isolated from the rest of the
world, safe behind its nuclear shield. He believed
that active US engagement in world affairs was the
best means of presenting the promise of democracy to
nations susceptible to the encroachment of
Soviet-sponsored communism. Additionally, Eisenhower
maintained that dialogue between the US and the Soviet
Union was crucial to the security of the entire globe,
even if, in the process, each side was adding to its
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