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I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.
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The Eisenhower Doctrine
- 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower - US President after Harry Truman
- Richard Nixon - Vice-President
- Promised to end Korean War
- Began doctrine of containment around the World
- Included:
- OAS (Latin America)
- ANZUS (New Zealand and Australia)
- SEATO (Southeast Asia)
- CENTO (Middle East)
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 a free trade bloc
- Establish a common front against Communism
- Included:
- The Council of Europe, 1949
- The Schuman Plan, 1950 (French and German coal to be produced together)
- European Coal and Steel Community, 1952
- European Defence Community
- Euratom, 1957 (Reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil)
Summary
Eisenhower, US President after Truman, promised to end Korean War. He began doctrine of containment around the world. US wanted to limit excessive notionalism, a free trade bloc, and a common front against Communism with the European Economic Community.