The quote below was written in the mid 1900s: "Surely no sane member of the human race could discover victory in such desolation." —President Dwight Eisenhower. What was President Eisenhower referring to with this statement?

prospect of a war using thermonuclear weapons.

Explanation:

The given excerpt is taken from the speech delivered by President Dwight Eisenhower on 8th December 1953. The title of the speech was "Atoms for Peace." The speech was delivered to the General Assembly of the United States. In the given quote President Eisenhower is talking about the prospect of a war using nuclear weapons. There were possible threats of the Cold War and Soviet possessed sufficient atomic weapons.

On 30th October 1953, President Eisenhower signed a 9,000-word document on the "New Look" foreign policy.

So, the correct answer is that is referred to the prospect of using thermonuclear weapons during war.

The construction of the Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the Interstate Highway and Defense Act of 1956.

It was a petition of the largest automobile manufacturers in the United States and promoted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower - influenced by his experiences as a young soldier crossing the United States in 1919 following the route of the Lincoln Highway and the knowledge of the German motorway network (Autobahnen) during World War II - as a necessary component of a national defense system. This would make possible a better displacement by land of troops and military supplies.

The design of a system of new superhighways began in the late 1930s, even before a federal committee was formed to build the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. In the 1920s, some roads, such as those in the New York area, were built as part of the local or state systems.