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This new podcast<\/a><\/strong> considers the reasons for, and features of, Eisenhower’s “New Look” in foreign policy. It then proceeds to consider successes and failures, with a particular focus on countries in the Americas (e.g. Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nixon’s visit to Latin America).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new podcast considers the reasons for, and features of, Eisenhower’s “New Look” in foreign policy. It then proceeds to consider successes and failures, with a particular focus on countries in the Americas (e.g. Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nixon’s visit to Latin America).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5989,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/activehistory-podcast-eisenhowers-new-look-in-foreign-policy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5901,"position":0},"title":"ActiveHistory Podcast: Eisenhower’s “New Look” in Foreign Policy","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"May 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"ActiveHistory Podcast: Eisenhower's \"New Look\" in Foreign Policy This podcast examines President Dwight D. 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