Eisenhower akabetserwawo nokugadzirisa kwake matambudziko maviri okunze akaitika mumavhiki okutanga asati asarudzwa. MuSoviet-yakagarwa People's Republic yeHungary, vagari vakawanda vakanga vamuka mukumukira muRevolution ya1956 vachipesana nokutonga kweSoviet, asi maSoviet akapindura nokupinda munyika musi waOctober 26. Mazuva matatu gare gare, mauto akabatana evaIsraeri, vokuBritain, uye vokuFrance akapinda muIjipiti
kukuvadza Gamal Abdel Nasser ndokutora Suez Canal ichangobva kuitwa nyika. Kugadziriswa kwedambudziko rokupedzisira kwakakurumidza kuenda kuUnited Nations, uye kumukira kweHungary kwakapwanywa noutsinye mukati memazuva mashomanene nemauto eSoviet akaiswazve. Eisenhower akashora zviito zvose zviri zviviri, asi akakundikana kubatsira Hungary; zvisinei, akamanikidza zvine simba mauto ekumadokero kuti abve muEjipitori.