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dec 2, 1957 - Eisenhower Doctrine

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[what] policy pledged economic/military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by communism; US became > GB/France as western influence in middle east
[application] first applied 1958, by sending 14,000 marines to Lebanon to prevent civil war between Christians/Muslims

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Date:

dec 2, 1957
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~ 68 years ago