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Article: Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East.(Book Review)
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- Presidential Studies Quarterly
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- March 1, 2005
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Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East. By Salim Yaqub. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 392 pp.
In his January 1957 message to Congress proposing what became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine, Dwight D. Eisenhower reminded the legislators, "Russia's rulers have long sought to dominate the Middle East." This statement, reflecting the containment doctrine of the times, was the foundation for protecting the Middle East from Soviet encroachment. Both the House and the Senate passed the legislation, albeit with significant hesitation, authorizing the president to provide financial and military assistance to ...