The Truman Doctrine During The Cold War

The Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy which was to pledge Soviet political expansion during the Cold War. It was declared to the Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, and settled on July 12, 1948, when he promised to comprise pressures to Greece and Turkey. Straight American military force was not involved, but Congress took economic aid to provision the economies and militaries of Greece and Turkey. More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American backing for other nations supposedly endangered by Soviet communism. The Truman Doctrine became the basis of American external strategy.
Truman said to the Congress that "it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are
For years, Britain had sustained Greece, but was near closing and was required to fundamentally decrease its participation. Britain officially demanded for the United States to yield its part in supporting the monarchist Greek government. The strategy gained the support of Republicans who organized Congress and involved transferring $400 million in American currency but no martial services to the area. The effect was to end the Greek revolution, and in 1952, both Greece and Turkey joined NATO, a military alliance, to guarantee their
The chief Republican spokesman Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg powerfully agreed with Truman and controlled the worries of nationalists. Truman placed the basis for his appeal by having main congressional bests to meet with him. Administrator of State George Marshall, and Undersecretary of State Dean Acheson. Acheson placed the "domino theory" in the simplest terms, matching a communist state to a rotten apple that could blowout its poison to a whole container. Vandenberg was enthralled, and recommended Truman to perform before Congress and "scare the hell out of the American people." On March 7, Acheson advised Truman that Greece could fall to the communists in weeks without external