The U.N. speech was well received but the Soviets never acted upon it, due to an overarching concern for the greater stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. Indeed, Eisenhower embarked upon a greater reliance on the use of nuclear weapons, while reducing conventional forces, and with them the overall defense budget, a policy formulated as a result of Project Solarium and expressed in NSC 162/2. This approach became known as the "New Look", and was initiated with defense cuts in late 1953. COUNT 4
QSN1 What did Eisenhower reduce as he increased nuclear weapons stockpiles? ANS1 conventional forces QSN2 What was the policy of increasing nuclear weapons while decreasing conventional forces called? ANS2 New Look QSN3 When did Eisenhower begin to cut the defense budget? ANS3 1953 QSN4 Along with NSC 162/2, what influenced the development of the New Look policy? ANS4 Project Solarium