The Eisenhower Doctrine
•1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower elected as US President replacing Harry Truman
•Richard Nixon his Vice-President
•Promised to end Korean War
•Began doctrine of containment around the World
•Included:
•OAS (Latin America)
•ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
•SEATO (Southeast Asia)
•CENTO (Middle East)
Summary: After Truman finished his second Term, Eisenhower came in in 1952 to serve two terms with Richard Nixon as his vice-President. He promised to get America out of the Korean war and began the doctrine of containment. This was made in order to stop the spread of communism.
•Richard Nixon his Vice-President
•Promised to end Korean War
•Began doctrine of containment around the World
•Included:
•OAS (Latin America)
•ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
•SEATO (Southeast Asia)
•CENTO (Middle East)
Summary: After Truman finished his second Term, Eisenhower came in in 1952 to serve two terms with Richard Nixon as his vice-President. He promised to get America out of the Korean war and began the doctrine of containment. This was made in order to stop the spread of communism.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The European Economic Community
- Known as the (EEC) foundation for modern day European Economic Union (EEU)
- US wanted to:
- Limit effects of excessive nationalism
- Establish a free trade bloc
- Establish a common front against Communism
- Included:
- The Council of Europe, 1949
- The Schuman Plan, 1950 (French and German coal to be produced together)
- European Coal and Steel Community, 1952
- European Defence Community
- Euratom, 1957 (Reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil)
Summary: The European Economic Community (EEC) was an international organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. Its aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market, among its six founding members: Belgium, France,Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The EEC was also known as the Common Market in the English-speaking world and sometimes referred to as the European Community even before it was officially renamed as such in 1993.