dulles paragraph

On the other hand, it can be argued that the role that Dulles played in Us foreign policy was particularly effective at particular points, and some have even claimed 'His objectives were magnificent'. An example of his policies being successful is evident in 1955 when Quemay and Matso were attacked by the Chinese. Dulles employs the policy of brinksmanship which suggests that it is 'the ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art' and this policy was used in this case. He hinted at the use of nuclear weapons at this point by stating 'new and powerful weapons of precision, which can utterly destroy military targets' would be used, and this tactic was enough to force the Chinese to back out of conflict, this was brinksmanship at its best and so therefore in this case of scenario, Dulles was labelled 'triumphant'. Furthermore, Dulles was successful in the organisation of SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organisation) which would be founded in order to 'defend against aggression in the Pacific Ocean'. Althought SEATO is generally regarded as a failure due to internal conflict and dispute which hindered general use of the SEATO military, However SEATO-funded cultural and educational programs and left long-standing effects in Southeast Asia. Although SEATO never proved to become the 'bulwark' against communism expansion which Dulles had imagined, it had managed to have positive and long term effects which would improve international relations. Moreover, the pragmatic approach of Dulles which involved pushing, compromising and backing down when necessary was employed when dealing with the bloody Hungarian rebellion of 1956. Dulles recognised that Hungary was firmly within the Soviet sphere of influence, and so although sympathy was expressed at the crushing of the revolution by Eisenhower and Dulles, they intelligently avoided intervention. This avoided provoking the Soviet's, and possibly sparking the fire's of WWIII. This was possible because Eisenhower and Dulles were both highly religious and republican's, and so their hard line approach towards communism was never questioned. In conclusion, these factors combined all suggest that the tactics employed by Dulles at certain points during his time as Secretary of State were influential and did derive positive results in hindsight.