isolationist state. The United States broke through the barrier of being an isolationist state and dedicated itself completely to preserving the welfare of the rest of the world. Largely due to the Truman Doctrine‚ the United States would no longer stay in the Western Hemisphere and hide behind the Monroe Doctrine‚ but would now make it her business to guide all facets of the world down the "right" path of liberty and democracy. This responsibility which the United States put upon herself would cause controversy
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Harry S. Truman to finish the global war and handle the future issues of the Cold War that will rise as consequence of World War II. World War II was in the final stages as Nazi German was surrounded and the allies were slowly closing in on Berlin; however‚ Truman soon engaged in conflicts concerning the spread of communism by Soviet Russia. Tensions began to rise between the Democratic West and Communist East‚ as the United States and Soviet Russia were the only two nations
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divide between Russia‚ the U.S.‚ and Great Britain. After the U.S. president‚ Henry Truman passed‚ the Truman Doctrine‚ that stated that any
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people coming in saying that capitalism wasn’t working so they were going to switch over to communism. While Kennan was writing this telegram he had the economic and political policies in mind which then triggered Truman to expand on this as well. The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to give the United States a role in stopping the spread of communism. Then‚ George Marshall suggested offering financial aid to help European capitalistic economies to be recovered. So
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The first ever speech about the Truman Doctrine began on 12 March 1947‚ His speech is very famous for the outstanding meaning it brings to all people. As the New York Times reported‚ “Although the president refrained from mentioning the Soviet Union by name‚ there could be no mistaking his identification of the Communist state as the source of much of the unrest throughout the world.”1 The Soviet Union and the United States were allies in the World War II. But after those years things seemed
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the berlin wall‚ the Truman doctrine‚ the Marshall plan‚ and the space race. Everything is more important or more helpful than something else. The Truman doctrine had the US help countries fight off communism and stay communist-free. The Marshall plan was like the “other half” of the Truman doctrine‚ meaning the US would provide financial aid to countries to help avoid communism. The space race was simply the US trying to outdo Russia after being out done. The Truman doctrine was a real key component
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The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress
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During March 1947‚ President Harry Truman established the Truman Doctrine. This meant the United States would go on to provide $400 million in political‚ military and economic support to all democratic nations resisting communism [Office of the Historian‚ 2018]. To justify his cause‚ Truman said “I believe we must assist free peoples to work out their destinies in their own way” [Office of the Historian‚ 2018]
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the atomic bomb‚ US and Soviet Union world supremacy‚ and the creation of the Truman Doctrine and Containment. The US was the first country to develop an atomic bomb. This bomb was created in case any country attacked the US or another war took place and would be used only if necessary as a military weapon. It was proposed by the scientists to be tested on an isolated area such as an island or desert‚ but President Truman rejected this idea and instead suggested that it would be dropped on Japan to
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