The Eisenhower Doctrine offered both financial aid and military backing against communism.

Evidence

The dominant thinking was that once freed from the colonial yoke, Muslim-majority countries, if left unchecked, would veer out of Western control and likely into the clutches of the Soviet Union. This was not an acceptable outcome for the US political class. At first, policymakers sought to bring nationalists like Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser and Iran’s Mohammad Mossadegh onto their team. When this failed they had to devise new strategies. Eisenhower, who replaced Truman, developed a Middle East policy that took these circumstances into consideration. The Eisenhower doctrine, unveiled in 1957, promised financial and military assistance to countries in the MENA region that were under threat “from any nation controlled by international communism.” In short, in addition to financial incentives, Eisenhower also put the military option on the table. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 384

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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