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Yes, that is correct. The "containment policy" and the "Truman Doctrine" are often referred to interchangeably.
According to The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History, page 383, the Truman Doctrine is the "policy statement of the Truman administration anticipating the cold war policy of containment."
i believe it started in 1947
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was based on the U.S.A's fear of communism taking over the world. The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to stop communism from spreading further ( containment of communism) this was to be achieved by promoting ( more like fighting for) democracy in countries that were falling to communism. Truman believed his goal would have been accomplished when the whole world was rid of communism and became a democracy instead.
Containment
The Truman doctrine and containment had on common threat, communism. The truman doctrine wanted to help any country threatened by commmunism. Containment was about stopping communism from spreading especially in the U.S.
Truman Doctrine
Yes, that is correct. The "containment policy" and the "Truman Doctrine" are often referred to interchangeably.
According to The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History, page 383, the Truman Doctrine is the "policy statement of the Truman administration anticipating the cold war policy of containment."
containment and the Truman doctrine
truman doctrine
The Doctrine of Containment. Also called The Truman Doctrine.
Truman Doctrine - Speech March 1947 to Congress. 'I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures'. Truman's policy was one of 'containment' - prevention of further Russian expansion.
President Harry S. Truman created the Truman Doctrine which called for the policy of containment during the Cold War era.
Containment
The U.S. sent economic and military aid to Greece and to Turkey. The Truman Doctrine was designed to contain the expansion of the Soviet Union and Communism; therefore, the first phase of the Cold War is called containment.