Johnson Doctrine

Johnson's 1965 State of the Union.

The Johnson Doctrine, enunciated by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson after the United States' intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965,^[1] declared that domestic revolution in the Western Hemisphere would no longer be a local matter when "the object is the establishment of a Communist dictatorship".^[2] It is an extension of the Eisenhower and Kennedy Doctrines.

In practice, the Johnson Doctrine was used as a pretext to oppose democracy movements in Latin America in favor of right-wing military dictatorships.

See also

• Monroe Doctrine
• Brezhnev Doctrine

References

1. • Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Statement by the President Upon Ordering Troops Into the Dominican Republic.," April 28, 1965". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
2. Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Situation in the Dominican Republic.," May 2, 1965". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

Further reading

• Meiertöns, Heiko (2010): The Doctrines of US Security Policy - An Evaluation under International Law, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-76648-7.
• Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Statement by the President on the Situation in the Dominican Republic.," April 30, 1965". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
• Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Statement by the President on the OAS Mission to the Dominican Republic.," May 1, 1965". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
• Peters,Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Statement by the President on the Agreement To Form a New Government in the Dominican Republic.," September 1, 1965". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.