What US policy was designed to handle the threat of communism spreading to the Middle East in the 1950s?
A. The Kennan plan
B. The Middle East doctrine
C. The Truman doctrine
D. The Eisenhower doctrine
D. The Eisenhower Doctrine. It allowed Middle East countries to request U.S. aid if they were being threatened by an armed aggression. The doctrine added emphasis to the already existing containment policy.
