Editing Rollback (section)

===Dwight Eisenhower===
After the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 presidential election]], Republican spokesman [[John Foster Dulles]] took the lead in promoting a rollback policy.{{Sfn |Stöver |2004 |p=98}} The 1952 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]'s national platform reaffirmed this position, and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed Dulles as [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]. However, Eisenhower ultimately adopted containment instead of rollback in October 1953 through National Security Council document [[NSC 162/2]], effectively abandoning rollback efforts in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert R. Bowie|author2=Richard H. Immerman|title=Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPHLOOMDP0UC&pg=PA171|year=2000|publisher=Oxford UP|page=171|isbn=9780195140484}}</ref>

Eisenhower instead relied on clandestine [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] actions to undermine hostile small governments and used economic and military foreign aid to strengthen governments supporting the American position in the Cold War. In August 1953, the United States, in collaboration with the British [[Secret Intelligence Service|SIS]], conducted [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|Operation Ajax]] to assist the Iranian military in the [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|restoration of the Shah]].<ref>{{Citation |first=John |last=Prados |title=Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA |year=2009 |chapter=6}}.</ref> Eisenhower adviser [[Charles Douglas Jackson]] also coordinated psychological warfare against the Soviet Bloc and the USSR itself. [[Radio Free Europe]], a private agency funded by Congress,  broadcast criticisms of communist regimes directed at Soviet [[satellite state]]s in the [[Eastern Bloc]].<ref>{{Citation |first=Arch |last=Puddington |title=Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty |year=2003}}.</ref>

In 1956, Eisenhower decided not to intervene during the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]], which was subsequently brutally put down by the [[Soviet Army]]. The [[Suez Crisis]], which unfolded simultaneously, played an important role in hampering the U.S. response to the crisis in Hungary. The Suez Crisis made the condemnation of Soviet actions difficult. As Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] later explained: "We couldn't, on one hand, complain about the Soviets intervening in Hungary and, on the other hand, approve of the British and the French picking that particular time to intervene against [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]."<ref name="BorhiRoll" />