...Gregory Brew From January 1957 to August 1958, US policy in the Middle East was guided by the Eisenhower Doctrine. A key facet of the doctrine was the creation of a coalition of conservative Arab states to oppose the influence of Egyptian president Gamel Abdul Nasser. The region's major...

... Arabia, and the Eisenhower Doctrine, 1956–1958,” outlines how the Eisenhower admin- istration sought to build a grouping of conservative Arab states to oppose the growing influence of Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser. In this context, Washington was happy to see the emergence of Saudi Arabia...

... born in poverty but destined to play a pivotal role in American history. His name was Dwight D. Eisenhower. Now America needs help of a unique nature. Six decades ago, Greece needed American economic assistance to reconstruct itself from the ravages of war. Today, the United States needs...

... doorstep — Zionism, communism, and pan-Arabism — all of them potentially destructive of its own loosely organized confessional system, Lebanon responded by falling back on the Eisenhower doctrine espoused by the United States, with mixed results. While Washington pushed a vigorous anticommunist...

... athletic event in the world with flawless organization and contemporary infrastructure and in a secure environment. Many years ago, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was asked to define security, he replied that “security means taking weapons out of cir- culation.” Since then, the course of events...

...” Constantine A. Pagedas The announcement of the Truman Doctrine in March 1947 marked the tran- sition when the United States replaced Great Britain as the primary foreign influence in Greek politics.1 The study of US-Greek relations between 1952 and 1963, however, following Greece’s recovery from...

...: Types, Choices, Futures, Priorities Robert J. Pranger A new American president will now confront the extraordinary complexity of his country’s foreign policy. Since 1945 only three presidents — Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, and George H. W. Bush — have come...

..., “Ike and Italy: The Eisenhower Administration and Italy’s ‘Neo-­Atlanticist’ ” Agenda,” Journal of Cold War Studies 4, no. 3 (2002): 5 – 35; Mario Del Pero, “Containing Con- tainment: Rethinking Italy’s Experience during the Cold War,” Journal of Modern Italian Studies 8, no. 4 (2003): 532 – 55...

... in Europe in the 1950s nationalized industry. Nasser, not unsurprisingly, did the same to industry in Egypt, owned mostly by Europeans. This in turn led US presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famously anticommunist secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, to demand that Nasser align himself...

..., if one uses the word propaganda in its literal sense and not as it is viewed today. The term’s origin is Latin. The Catholic Church has used it to propagate, or spread, its doctrine. It was also used in politics and by public relations fi rms and was a perfectly benign word until the Nazis came...

... and not as it is viewed today. The term’s origin is Latin. The Catholic Church has used it to propagate, or spread, its doctrine. It was also used in politics and by public relations fi rms and was a perfectly benign word until the Nazis came to power in Ger- many in 1933. They established a propaganda ministry...

... see its ultimate demise originate from its occupation of foreign peoples and would collapse under the weight of its corrupted system. He was, for exam- ple, an opponent of the Truman Doctrine, because it appeared to him to exaggerate the communist threat to Greece and Turkey, allowing the Harry S...

... supported a patient US foreign policy whereby the Soviet Union, like Rome, would see its ultimate demise originate from its occupation of foreign peoples and would collapse under the weight of its corrupted system. He was, for exam- ple, an opponent of the Truman Doctrine, because it appeared to him...

... see its ultimate demise originate from its occupation of foreign peoples and would collapse under the weight of its corrupted system. He was, for exam- ple, an opponent of the Truman Doctrine, because it appeared to him to exaggerate the communist threat to Greece and Turkey, allowing the Harry S...

... are discussed, especially the one of Gary Powers. Soviet fighter planes were ordered to ram his aircraft. They failed, although one of the anti-aircraft missiles did hit the plane. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower refused to apologize for these intelligence-gathering...

... of Soviet propaganda. The U-2 flights over the USSR are discussed, especially the one of Gary Powers. Soviet fighter planes were ordered to ram his aircraft. They failed, although one of the anti-aircraft missiles did hit the plane. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower...

... to ram his aircraft. They failed, although one of the anti-aircraft missiles did hit the plane. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower refused to apologize for these intelligence-gathering flights, NSK announced that he would not be welcomed to Moscow, in effect...

... the early success of centrally planned eco- nomic systems after the war was the wartime partnership between govern- ment and industry in the United States that created, in the words of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the “military-­industrial complex” that encouraged activist government policies.34...

... began to look toward the West for its security. Seeing an opportunity to contain the Soviets, the United States fun- neled money and support to the Turks through the Truman Doctrine in 1947 so that they could become a bulwark in the south against an increasingly hos- tile communist threat...

... American involvement in one of Europe’s many wars, the United States, during its history, had made it a point under the Monroe Doctrine to avoid such European entanglements. US involve- ment in this largely stalemated war tipped the balance toward a win for Brit- ain and France, which merely helped...