Eisenhower Doctrine
Eisenhower Doctrine (1957).After the Suez Crisis of 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, citing the danger of the spread of “international Communism,” told Congress on 5 January 1957 that the United States regarded “as vital to the national interest and world peace the preservation of the independence and integrity of the nations of the Middle East.” He asked for authorization to develop economic and military programs, including the use of armed forces, to assist any “nation or group of nations in the general area of the Middle East desiring such assistance” to preserve their independence. After two months of acrimonious debate, Congress approved the “Eisenhower Doctrine” in a joint resolution on 9 March 1957.
The United States first invoked the Eisenhower Doctrine in the Jordanian crisis of April 1957, and again in August 1957 when a perceived Syrian‐Soviet rapprochement threatened...
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