President Eisenhower gave a special message to the congress on the situation in the Middle East during the Suez War to prevent the Soviet Union's attempt to enter Egypt and become an influence. Egypt's president intended to play the US against the Soviet Union in order to build his military power base and influence the Middle East region. The Doctrine failed in a sense but Nasser's deteriorated relationship with the Soviets led the US to switch to policy of accommodation. Now the US has the military influence in the Middle East. Oil was also an influence for the US and its allies.
The Eisenhower doctrine is actually a part of speech by David Eisenhower where he addressed congress about the situation of middle east in 1957.
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine is actually not a document. It is a speech by President Dwight David Eisenhower. It was a "Special Message to Congress about the situation in the middle east during Eisenhower's President time.
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Middle East
Eisenhower Doctrine
The results of the Eisenhower Doctrine failed to provide alternatives to the independent Arab regimes from Nasser's political control. The doctrine was to help give aid in various forms to those that took a stance to Communism.
The FIM-92 Stinger shoulder fired rocket to freedom fighter in afganistan.
The Eisenhower Doctrine allowed Middle Eastern countries being threatened by foreign aggression to seek military assistance from the United States. Eisenhower singled out Soviet aggression in the document and called for the territorial integrity and political independence of these nations.
Marshall Plan, Truman doctrine and I guess you could include the Eisenhower Doctrine as well.
The following quote is from this article in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Doctrine
Uphold the separate but equal doctrine
Eisenhower in 1957 with the Eisenhower Doctrine