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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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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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]. Then in June 1947‚ Secretary George Marshall proposed offering support to all nations
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Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan was a strategically devised program by the U.S. to sustain communist influence and without it Europe would have never recovered as well as it did economically‚ industrially‚ and politically. The Marshall Plan was an audacious decision by the U.S. in order to suppress the spread of communism after the devastations of World War II. The United States needed to substantially aid non-communist countries to stop the spread of Soviet influence so “Marshall had traveled
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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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In June 5th‚ 1947‚ Marshall declared a famous speech in Harvard University. The idea of providing economic aid to the all Europe came on the scene. Between 1948 and the end of 1951‚ United States channeled $12.3 billion aid to Western Europe including grants‚ loans and in-kind transfer. The effects of Marshall Plan are all-encompassing‚ for example‚ contributing to the cold war‚ helping the recovery of European economy and European integration. Someone called in question about its necessity‚ someone
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success would not have happened without its initial aid from the United States. After helping destroy so much of the continent‚ the U.S. pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. It was named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall‚ who said "The world of suffering people looks to us for leadership. Their thoughts‚ however‚ are not concentrated alone on this problem. They have more immediate and terribly pressing concerns where the mouthful of
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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The Marshall Plan and the Division of Europe Charles S. Maier Michael Cox and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe provide a valuable survey of much of the historiography of the Marshall Plan‚ rightly understood to be a centerpiece of the early Cold War. Their essay raises important questions about post-revisionist accounts and interpretations and makes a useful contribution in discussing the role of the British and French in the events of 1947—a role that the American literature long overlooked but that
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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 end the war as soon as possible and as a revenge of
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