Solarium Project of Eisenhower Administration
This article analyses one of the most large-scale attempts of the Cold War times «brainstorm» undertaken by Eisenhower administration in 1953, the project «Solarium». Gathered in one place, best American analysts tried to analyse all possible variants of the events in the struggle between the USSR and the USA. Active participation of the US president and almost all high-ranking members of American administration in the discussion of the results of this project led to the fact that the project had a significant influence on the further course of Eisenhower administration in the sphere of foreign policy.
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| Miroshnikov Sergey N. | Tomsk State University | Smiroshnikov64@mail.ru |
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