Eisenhower Doctrine

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf foreign policy doctrine
gptkbp:announced gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
January 5, 1957
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:authorizedOn March 9, 1957
gptkbp:context gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance marked a shift in U.S. policy toward direct intervention in the Middle East
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eisenhower Doctrine
gptkbp:mainProvision U.S. would use armed forces to assist Middle Eastern countries resisting armed aggression from any nation controlled by international communism
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:U.S._intervention_in_Lebanon,_1958
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:purpose containment of communism in the Middle East
gptkbp:region gptkb:Middle_East
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Truman_Doctrine
gptkb:Baghdad_Pact
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Truman_Doctrine_(in_the_Middle_East_context)
gptkbp:resultedIn increased U.S. involvement in the Middle East
gptkbp:supportedBy United States allies in the Middle East
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Truman_Doctrine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3