The Eisenhower Doctrine
•1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower elected as US President replacing Harry Truman
•Richard Nixon his Vice-President
•Promised to end Korean War
•Began doctrine of containment around the World
•Included:
•OAS (Latin America)
•ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
•SEATO (Southeast Asia)
•CENTO (Middle East)
•Richard Nixon his Vice-President
•Promised to end Korean War
•Began doctrine of containment around the World
•Included:
•OAS (Latin America)
•ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
•SEATO (Southeast Asia)
•CENTO (Middle East)
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Eisenhower singled out the Soviet threat in his doctrine by authorizing the commitment of U.S. forces "to secure and protect the territorial integrity and political independence of such nations, requesting such aid against covert armed aggression from any nation controlled by international communism.
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