The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, NATO, support for Chiang Kai-shek in China, and the American response to the North Korean invasion were all based on the foreign policy of containment in hopes that the United States could create a way to eliminate the threat of anymore Soviet expansion. The Truman Doctrine was a way for the United States to give aid to those who who were trying to stop the damage that the Soviets were causing. The Truman Doctrine was the main contributing factor to why the American people had support for Chiang Kai-shek in China. The Doctrine was also the reason why the United States supported the south after the North Korean invasion. The Marshall Plan had its role in the foreign policy of containment by suggesting…
The Truman doctrine of 1947 was created to 'save' Greece from communism. The saving was to be done through helping Britain with military and financial aid to fight communism in Greece. But the policy was extended to aid any country under the threat of communism. The Truman doctrine was effective considering that much of the eastern block had already fallen to communism by the time it was implemented. Furthermore it did prevent Greece form falling to…
The Truman Doctrine was also a big plan made by President Harry Truman. This plan was a counter act to the Soviet Union's plan of expansion during the Cold War. The British government announced that it could no longer furnish assistance to the military of Greece and Turkey. Truman administration thought that both nations were threated by communism and when had the chance they took a stance against the Soviet Union. After the United States promised they would do whatever needed to be done both economically and militarily to contain the spread of communism around the world.…
One weapon used by the US was an elaborate financial aid program. The Marshall Plan was a strategy to contain and smother the spread of communism. This decision was made public on June 5, 1947 by Secretary of State Marshall as seen in Document 3. A more specific pan to suppress the communist threat was the Truman Doctrine, a program to aid financially depressed countries in order to maintain their government and not succumb to communism. This included "giving Greece and Turkey $400 million in aid" as displayed in Document…
In the development of the Cold War The Truman Doctrine in fact did not threaten communism because it clearly states that it is to contain communism not destroy it. The overall goal was to back up the surrounding countries if the communism spread. So it was not an act of aggression. (Flynn)…
In 1947 at a speech, Truman pointed out that the US was going to intervene in Greece and Turkey to provide economic and military aid, since a communist takeover was beginning. Essentially, the Truman Doctrine stated that the US would provide sustenance to countries against communism. Through these means, the United States wanted to stop the spread of communism. Containment was the overarching trait of foreign policy that buttressed all Cold War strategy and the policy itself. 2.…
Truman has created a containment policy to contain soviet aggression. Truman had first implemented a containment policy in response to threats of a communist-led uprising against the government in Greece and a soviet demands for control of a water route in turkey…
The Truman Doctrine was a contribution made to foreign policy by Harry Truman in 1947, after the Long Telegram had come into being. Truman declared, kind of like Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy, that it was the US’ duty to spread democracy and battle communism. Truman asked Congress to send aid to Greece and Turkey. After being ravaged by Germany in WWII, Greece had been about to lose aid from Great Britain; Turkey had also depended greatly on the help of the US and Britain. The US would have been in danger of losing power over the Soviets and in Europe and Asia had Russia gained the two countries. This proves that what…
The communist soviet was expanding and the West was trying to contain that expansion. The Truman Doctrine (1945- 1953) was all about stopping the soviet and communist expansion wherever necessary.…
In 1947 the United States and Soviet Union were officially at odds with one another. Both disagreed on ideas on how to handle Europe. This eventually led to a standoff between United States and Soviet Union but it was on Europe’s soil. The Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan were used to stop the advancement of Soviet Union into surrounding countries. The U.S. felt that Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism around the world and Soviet Union felt that the United States wanted to spread Democracy in Europe. So to put a stop to it all containment was needed. This consists of using the military and economic persuasion to the surrounding countries and trade partners with Soviet Union.…
That was the so-called Truman Doctrine, which was the guideline for the U.S. foreign policy during the post war years when the European nations were devastated economically and politically in the aftermath of the Second World War. The destiny of these nations fell into the hands of the two major powers, USSR and the United States. The U.S. has historically pursued a isolationist policy, but found such isolationist policy would only render the Europe to the totalitarian rule of the Communist USSR. If they do not act, the Iron Curtain, within which the Soviet Union controles everything, would soon envelope the whole Europe . The United States would then loose allies of freedom, and partners of markets and trade. Truman and his administration sensed the urgency, felt Stalin’s motives of aggressively expanding under nationalist policies and ideology. As a result, Truman and his advisors developed postwar foreign policies, based on The Truman Doctrine. The Marshall plan and other containment strategies were implemented. The U.S. successfully stopped the expansion of the Soviet Union, sustained the U.S. national interests, secured their dominance in Europe and maintained a superpower position in the world since…
The year of 1945 was a time of relief for America and its people. That year was the end of World War II. Germany had lost and the time for rebuilding was near. However, the peace did not last long between the Soviet Union and the United States. A difference in political and economic views caused a rift in the Soviet Union and United States relationship of convenience. The Soviet Union was running on a system of government called communism. Communism's theory of a government run by the economy was the complete opposite of America's dedication to independence. This difference caused great tension between the two nations and became a Cold War. The Soviet Union believed that communism was going to overcome capitalism and that they will win the Cold War. America's retaliation to the Soviet Union's spreading of communism was containment. Containment is the attempt to stop the spread of communism. The Cold War split the world into two large groups, those who were under communist rule and those who were against it. The United States was dedicated in their fight against communism with instances like the Truman Doctrine, which vowed to support anyone who was being threatened by communist rule, and The Marshall Plan, which gave over 10 billion dollars to European countries in the effort to rebuild the damage done during World War II. By 1947, the United States and Soviet Union were constantly on their toes and pushing boundaries to see who would gain the upper hand in the Cold War.…
In a single sentence Truman had defined American policy for the next thirty years. Whenever and wherever an anti-Communist government was threatened, by indigenous insurgents, foreign invasion, or even diplomatic pressure. (as with Turkey), the United States would supply political, economic, and most of all military aid. The Truman Doctrine came close to shutting the door against any revolution, since the terms “free peoples” and “anti-Communist” were thought to be synonymous. All the Greek government, or any dictatorship, had to do to get American aid was to claim that its opponents were…
This source depicts Truman hammering down a line of dollars to defend Western Europe from communism as there are stormy clouds coming from Eastern Europe, showing the takeover of communism. Also in the Truman doctrine, the main aim was to defend Western Europe with American dollars as they instilled a policy of containment, meaning that communism would not spread and remain within its existing boundaries. To do this, the congress granted $400 million to support Greece and Turkey as Turkey was in charge of the Dardanelles and if they came under the influence of the USSR Greece would be surrounded by communism and fall too – this is a domino effect which was prevented in 1949. However when it comes to the Marshall Plan one may say that that was his main aim. This is because the aim of the Marshall Plan was to help restore normal economic activity in Europe so that they would not turn to communism for help in desperate measures. To do this the congress granted $13 billion to aid fuel, raw materials, goods, loans and food, machinery and advisers.…
The United States was a capitalist democracy and USSR was a communist dictatorship. Both sides strongly believed in a certain way of life and felt that they held the key to the future happiness of the human race. These ideologies were totally opposite to each other, which allowed suspicion and mistrust between the two sides to develop. A capitalist economy in which the USA stood by is based on the freedom of individuals and ability to express their opinions. Their own profits belong to the owner and the government is elected by the people. Communism was the ideology that Russia lived by and tried to enforce on the surrounding world. It was a system by which the government controls the future of the individuals as well as the work, the money earned is shared equally amongst society, so there are no social classes. As these ideologies are very different in contrast to each other, tension was unavoidable. It was the United States that took dramatic chances and announced the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in 1947. The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would help Europe and the rest of the world in an attempt to stop the spread of communism. As Greece struggled to bear the expense of their own civil war against communism, President Truman of the United States of America agreed to…