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)
Summary
President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the Eisenhower Doctrine in January 1957, and Congress approved it in March of the same year. Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state. 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 overt armed aggression from any nation controlled by international communism.