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Eisenhower Doctrine
-Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) elected as American President in 1952 after Harry Truman
-arranged D-Day landings in WWII (very famous)
-Vice President is Richard Nixon
-promised to end Korean War (succeeded)
-started doctrine of containment around the world
-expanded Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of communism worldwide
-created NATO-like organizations for worldwide countries:
-arranged D-Day landings in WWII (very famous)
-Vice President is Richard Nixon
-promised to end Korean War (succeeded)
-started doctrine of containment around the world
-expanded Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of communism worldwide
-created NATO-like organizations for worldwide countries:
- OAS (Latin America)
- ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
- SEATO (Southeast Asia)
- CENTO (Middle East)
Summary
When Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) elected as American President, he promised to end Korean War and start a doctrine of containment around the world. The Eisenhower Doctrine was a expansion of the Truman Doctrine, a plan to stop the spread of communism worldwide. As a result the NATO-like organizations for worldwide countries were created.