Mutual Security Program
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The Mutual Security Program was a U.S. Cold War foreign aid initiative that provided military, economic, and technical assistance to allied and developing countries to strengthen collective security against communism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mutual Security Act of 1951 | 3 |
| Mutual Security Agency | 1 |
| Mutual Security Program canonical | 1 |
| United States foreign assistance legislation of 1950 | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War program
ⓘ
United States foreign aid program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Defense of the United States
United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form:
Department of State of the United States
Mutual Security Agency ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | MSP ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
NATO
ⓘ
surface form:
NATO member states
Western European countries ⓘ countries aligned with the United States ⓘ developing countries ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBySource |
Cold War foreign policy scholarship
ⓘ
United States government documents ⓘ |
| endTime | 1961 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collective security
ⓘ
economic development ⓘ military capability building ⓘ |
| followed |
Marshall Plan
ⓘ
surface form:
European Recovery Program
|
| fundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
economic assistance
ⓘ
military assistance ⓘ technical assistance ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
expanded U.S. military aid beyond Europe
ⓘ
integrated economic and military assistance in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| inception | 1951 ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Mutual Security Program
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mutual Security Act of 1951
|
| legislatedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| location | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War proxy conflicts
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Cold War strategy
United States containment policy ⓘ |
| purpose |
to contain Soviet influence during the Cold War
ⓘ
to provide economic assistance to allied and developing countries ⓘ to provide military assistance to allies of the United States ⓘ to provide technical assistance to allied and developing countries ⓘ to strengthen collective security against communism ⓘ |
| replaced |
Economic Cooperation Administration
ⓘ
Marshall Plan ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
United States Agency for International Development
ⓘ
surface form:
Agency for International Development
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ⓘ
surface form:
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 programs
|
| significantEvent |
enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1951
ⓘ
transition to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 framework ⓘ |
| startTime | October 1951 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mutual Security Act of 1951
subject surface form:
Technical Cooperation Administration
this entity surface form:
United States foreign assistance legislation of 1950
this entity surface form:
Mutual Security Agency
this entity surface form:
Mutual Security Act of 1951
this entity surface form:
Mutual Security Act of 1951