Back home, an Arms race was forming between the Soviets and the Americans. Both the Soviets and the Americans had access to nuclear bombs. This caused fear in both countries causing them to increase production. In 1953 Eisenhower came into office with new foreign policy ideas. Eisenhower believed that Truman’s approach had caused the United States into an endless series of conflicts. Eisenhower was nuclear hungry, he believed that the US should start to build more and more nuclear missiles in preparation. By the end of the 1950’s, US had over 20,000 thousand nuclear warheads, while the USSR lagging behind with a little over 1,500. This was Eisenhower's use of hard power. As the arms race gradually increases, so does the suspicion of espionage
