The dual foreign policy tenets of threatening "massive retaliation," sometimes called brinksmanship, and the CIA-orchestrated covert operations to overthrow elected leaders around the world perceived (or in reality) as friendly to communism were seen (and continue to be seen) as counterproductive by some critics of John Foster Dulles and historians of the Cold War. Given what you have learned from reading and thinking about Chapter 24 and these documents, do you believe the Eisenhower/Dulles approach was effective in keeping America safe and secure? Explain your answer.