President Truman believed the US needed more than a "get tough on the Russians" policy following the war. Russia's history was one of expansion as much as possible and the Soviet Union was following that same idea. Because of the desire of the Soviets to expand westward, and the fact that Stalin had a pathological mistrust of the US, it would be impossible to come to a peaceful settlement with the Soviets. Thus, the policy of containment, developed by George F. Kennan of the State Department, was adopted by the Truman administration. The policy would allow communism where it already existed, but would use all force necessary to prevent any further expansion. In other words, communism would be "contained" where it presently existed. Because of Russian expansion to the west, a policy carried on by the Soviets, it would be impossible to come to a quick settlement with Stalin, following the Second World War. Since the Russians would test the US by a cautious expansion and not start a major war, Truman developed the Truman Doctrine, with the aid of George Kennan. This Doctrine provided military and financial aid to all the nations that agreed to resist any attempt by Russia to take them over. It was first applied in Greece and Turkey.
Truman Doctrine Announced
* The Cold War. * The Korean War. * The Vietnam War.
Truman Doctrine contributed to the development of the Cold War by promising economic aid to any country that was threatened by communism.
containment and the Truman doctrine
it temporaily stopped spread of communism but it annoyed the soviets
Part of the cold war; the North invaded the South.
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine underpinned American Cold War policy in Europe and around the world. The doctrine endured because it addressed a broader cultural insecurity regarding modern life in a globalized world.
The Truman Doctrine underpinned American Cold War policy in Europe and around the world. The doctrine endured because it addressed a broader cultural insecurity regarding modern life in a globalized world.
truman doctrine
President Harry S. Truman created the Truman Doctrine which called for the policy of containment during the Cold War era.
The Truman Doctrine was the American policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism in Europe and the world. It ended sometime around the end of the Cold War, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.