The Truman Doctrine During The Cold War

Due to events in Greece in 1946, where communists were trying to overthrow the monarchy, the Truman Doctrine was announced. As mentioned above, according to the Percentages Agreement the British were responsible for oversight of this country. However British Foreign Minister – Ernest Bevin – appealed to the USA and Truman announced in March 1947 that the USA would “support free peoples who are resisting subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”1. This announcement made it clear that the USA had no intention of returning to isolation as she had after First World War, she was committed to a policy of containing communism, not just in Europe, but throughout the world, including Korea and Vietnam. After the Truman Doctrine was announced, Secretary of State General George C.
One of its aims was to promote the economic recovery of Europe, thus ensuring markets for American exports; but its main aim was probably political: communism was less likely to gain control in a prosperous western Europe. It also benefited the USA economically. By rebuilding Western Europe, America was creating trading partners who could buy US goods and provide investment opportunities for US capital. Nonetheless the USSR rejected the offer, and neither of her satellite states, nor Czechoslovakia, which was showing interest, were allowed to take advantage of it. To know if the policy of containment during the Cold War worked, we have to look closely on many contexts, for example Korea and Italy. Korea had been under Japanese control since the Russo-Japanese War that President Teddy Roosevelt helped to end in 1905. At both Cairo in 1943 and Potsdam in 1945, it was agreed that Korea would be free and independent. Russia reaffirmed this pledge when it declared war on Japan in August 1945. When Japan accepted surrender terms, the US proposed that the Japanese in Korea north of the 38th parallel surrender to Russian troops, and those south of the