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
- SEATO
- CENTO
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 free trade bloc
- Establish a common front against communism
- Included
- The Council of Europe
- The Schumann Plan, 1950 ( French and German working together to produce coal)
- Europe Defense Community
View Dwight D. Eisenhower and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.
Summary
President Eisenhower came in to power and tried to stop the spread of communism all over the world.