Eisenhower Doctrine

• 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Rep) elected as US president replacing Harry Truman(Dem)
• Richard Nixon his VP
• Promised to end Korean War 
• Began doctrine of containment around the world
• Included: OAS (Latin America), ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia), SEATO (SE 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.