Eisenhower Doctrine

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Cold War policy United States foreign policy doctrine

The Eisenhower Doctrine was a U.S. Cold War policy announced in 1957 that pledged American economic and military assistance to Middle Eastern countries resisting armed aggression or communist influence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eisenhower Doctrine canonical	6
Eisenhower Doctrine for Middle East	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War policy ⓘ United States foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
announcedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
announcedDuring	Eisenhower administration ⓘ
announcedIn	United States Congress ⓘ
announcedOn	1957-01-05 ⓘ
appliesTo	Lebanon ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
approvedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
authorizedBy	United States Constitution foreign affairs powers ⓘ
context	Arab nationalism ⓘ Suez Crisis ⓘ surface form: Suez Crisis of 1956 rise of Gamal Abdel Nasser ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	expanding U.S. military commitments ⓘ interference in Arab nationalism ⓘ
follows	Marshall Plan ⓘ Massive Retaliation strategy ⓘ Truman Doctrine ⓘ
geopoliticalFocus	Arab world ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasEffect	formalized U.S. security role in the Middle East ⓘ
hasLanguage	commitment to defend independence and integrity of Middle Eastern nations ⓘ
hasPurpose	containment of communism in the Middle East ⓘ limit Soviet influence in the Middle East ⓘ protect Western access to Middle Eastern oil ⓘ support governments resisting armed aggression ⓘ
implementedBy	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense United States Department of State ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of State
inception	1957 ⓘ
influenced	U.S. intervention in the 1958 Lebanon crisis ⓘ
legalForm	joint resolution of Congress ⓘ
namedAfter	Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
opposes	Soviet Union influence ⓘ international communism ⓘ
partlyOpposedBy	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
partOf	Cold War ⓘ United States containment policy ⓘ
policyArea	Middle East policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ security policy ⓘ
providesFor	economic assistance ⓘ military assistance ⓘ use of U.S. armed forces if requested ⓘ
replacedBy	Nixon Doctrine ⓘ
supportedBy	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
targetedAt	Middle Eastern countries resisting communism ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1950s ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dwight D. Eisenhower → policy → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

Suez Crisis → relatedTo → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

Eisenhower administration → foreignPolicyDoctrine → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

Eisenhower administration → doctrineAnnounced → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eisenhower Doctrine for Middle East

United States foreign policy → historicalDoctrine → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

Nixon Doctrine → relatedTo → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ

United States interventions in Latin America → hasDoctrinalBasis → Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ