Truman's Response To The Cold War
Truman did not exaggerate the soviet threat
When Truman became President, on April 1945, US, Britain and SU were in the same alliance against Germany and Japan. At that time, only SU and Mongolia were official communist countries. The events about soviet treat came fast. After the war, communist governments were installed in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, forming the "Soviet Bloc”, under the soviet dominance and control.
With the Red Scare in the back history, all the recent communist aggressive movements, all Stalin’s betrayals and his expressed intentions to spread the communism all over the world, personal animosity with Molotov at Potsdam that worsened the Soviet-American relations, President Truman understood that …show more content…
Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki transformed the world in every sense: military, geographic, politic and even human. He ended the war in an exaggerated way but no alternative would have stopped Red Army crimes and spread of communism in West Europe and Asia. Stalin was furious and reacted aggressively threatening to respond in the same way in the very new future. US have become the strongest and most powerful military force who urged to stop the conquest of other states by the …show more content…
Agreement between SU and Turkey for Dardanelle Strait.
Truman is the man of facts. He decided to act and convince the people and American Congress that only the US have the owns, the power and the duty to intervene in Greece and Turkey. He presented a document on March 12, 1946, known as Truman Doctrine. From the first paragraph, Truman …………………..
There are historians who considered the arguments presented in TD exaggerated with the purpose to obtain in any way the aid for Greece and Turkey. The US interest in Greece and Turkey was immense for their strategic position in the Mediteranean Sea, Dardanelle Straits and acces to the oil of the Middle East. In case Greece and Turkey were not helped, they would have fallen into the Soviet sphere of influence and would have followed other European countries in a “domino …”
- American interest in Truman Doctrine – Greece, Turkey, Iran. Control of all funds in Greece and Turkey……………..
The opportunity for US to put into figures the Truman Doctrine was Marshall Plan.
The aid was in the interest of US for their domestic and foreig
When Truman became President, on April 1945, US, Britain and SU were in the same alliance against Germany and Japan. At that time, only SU and Mongolia were official communist countries. The events about soviet treat came fast. After the war, communist governments were installed in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, forming the "Soviet Bloc”, under the soviet dominance and control.
With the Red Scare in the back history, all the recent communist aggressive movements, all Stalin’s betrayals and his expressed intentions to spread the communism all over the world, personal animosity with Molotov at Potsdam that worsened the Soviet-American relations, President Truman understood that …show more content…
Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki transformed the world in every sense: military, geographic, politic and even human. He ended the war in an exaggerated way but no alternative would have stopped Red Army crimes and spread of communism in West Europe and Asia. Stalin was furious and reacted aggressively threatening to respond in the same way in the very new future. US have become the strongest and most powerful military force who urged to stop the conquest of other states by the …show more content…
Agreement between SU and Turkey for Dardanelle Strait.
Truman is the man of facts. He decided to act and convince the people and American Congress that only the US have the owns, the power and the duty to intervene in Greece and Turkey. He presented a document on March 12, 1946, known as Truman Doctrine. From the first paragraph, Truman …………………..
There are historians who considered the arguments presented in TD exaggerated with the purpose to obtain in any way the aid for Greece and Turkey. The US interest in Greece and Turkey was immense for their strategic position in the Mediteranean Sea, Dardanelle Straits and acces to the oil of the Middle East. In case Greece and Turkey were not helped, they would have fallen into the Soviet sphere of influence and would have followed other European countries in a “domino …”
- American interest in Truman Doctrine – Greece, Turkey, Iran. Control of all funds in Greece and Turkey……………..
The opportunity for US to put into figures the Truman Doctrine was Marshall Plan.
The aid was in the interest of US for their domestic and foreig