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 * Truman Doctrine **



On March 12th, 1947 US President Harry Truman announced a policy that stated that the US would support and help any nation threatened by the communist party called the Truman Doctrine. The policy basically was a warning to the USSR and any other communist nations that the US military would intervene if they tried to expand. The Doctrine created the viewpoint that Americans would see the world: America as free and Communist as tyrannical, as well as leading to the creation of the allied non-communist nations called NATO, also against the Soviet Union. Countries included in this alliance include; Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This said that if any communist party tried to invade a noncommunist country the NATo would intervene. The Truman Doctrine also created a new security system such as the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Atomic Energy Commission. It also began the national Arms Race, which impacted the Cold War greatly. Truman believed that Russia was going to invade and takeover Greece and Turkey. Greece was going through a civil war, and Truman went to congress to approve financial and economical aid in order to get rid of the communist threat. Although, Truman was not so worried about diminishing the communist party all together, but more interested in keeping it from spreading as the USSR was pushing its limits. Truman sent 400 million dollars worth of aid to Greece and Turkey and we had entered the Cold War.

Work Cited:

"Legacy of the Truman Doctrine." Truman National Security Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. .