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 in 1957 with the Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a speech by President Eisenhower that declared that the US would give aid to any Middle Eastern country that asked for help fighting off communist attack or uprising. As a result, the US sent troops and diplomats to Lebanon to quell the fighting there at the request of their president.
Eisenhower Doctrine
the soviet union's prestige in the middle east rose because of its support for Egypt. to counterbalance this development, president Eisenhower issued a warning in january 1957. this warning, known as the Eisenhower Doctrine, said that the United States would defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country. In march, congress officially approved the doctrine
President Eisenhower signed the Eisenhower Doctrine which sayed any country that are ploting or have hurt a noncomunistic country and making them comunstic will be atacked by the United States of America. Of course when this doctrine was sighed and Vietnam did the exact oposite of what we wanted them to do. And as the doctrine says we have the athoraty to atack them and declare war. We did.
The Eisenhower Doctrine , given in a message to the United States Congress on January 5, 1957, was the foreign policy of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The doctrine stated that the United States would use armed forces upon request in response to imminent or actual aggression to the United States. Furthermore, countries that took stances opposed to Communism would be given aid in various forms.
use armed force to help Middle East nations resist Communist aggression.
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The policy of the United States to provide aid to countries attempting to prevent a communist takeover was called the Truman Doctrine. Harry S. Truman was America's 33rd President.
President Eisenhower served from 1953 to 1961.