Pactomania
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Pactomania is a term used to describe a period of treaty making by the United States
during the Cold War
. During the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
, the United States, mainly through the efforts of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
, formed alliances with 42 separate nations along with treaty relations with nearly 100, which observers described as "pactomania". In more recent years, the term came to be used to refer to that historical period.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. During the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
, the United States, mainly through the efforts of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles
John Foster Dulles served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959. He was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, advocating an aggressive stance against communism throughout the world...
, formed alliances with 42 separate nations along with treaty relations with nearly 100, which observers described as "pactomania". In more recent years, the term came to be used to refer to that historical period.