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To was extent was securing oil supplies responsible for the Eisenhower Doctrine

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To a very large extent
Securing oil reserves especially after the suez canal fall out was of prime importance.
The doctrine was in response to rising communist influence in the Middle East which holds the world largest oil reserves. It was firts implimented militarily in Lebanon.
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