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Summary:On July 14 1958, American forces landed in Lebanon in response to a call for help that day from pro-western President Camille Chamoun. The country had endured two months of sporadic civil war before the American intervention, which lasted from July until October. The American initiative was met with a chorus of protest, led by the Soviet Union, but was in line with the so-called Eisenhower doctrine on the Middle East.
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