When America was in the midst of what came to be called the "Cold War," the fear was that Communism was spreading throughout the world. President Harry Truman pledged that we would defend, with military or economic aid, any country that was under threat from a Communist takeover. This was known as the Truman Doctrine, and it was first articulated in 1947 when the president pledged to defend Greece and Turkey.
At the time, most Americans probably did not question it, since the public attitude tended to be very fearful of the Soviet Union's desire for expansion. Communism was portrayed as a totalitarian and atheistic philosophy that should be resisted before it took over the world.
Marshall Plan, Truman doctrine and I guess you could include the Eisenhower Doctrine as well.
The countries involved in the Truman Doctrine were the United States, Greece, and Turkey. In a speech to a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, President Truman asked for U.S. assistance for Greece and Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations.
Communism ;)
fight the spread of communism aid nations that were in danger of becoming communist
The Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan further defined and deepened the Cold War in Europe because, Stalin grew wary of the American's, he never particularly liked Truman, one can see this in the difference of Yalta and Potsdam. - So when Truman went around - beating communism down, (he never used the word Communism), but he made it very clear- Stalin grew less trustworthy of the Americans.- Hence, the Marshall Aid in particular, deepened the 'bad feeling' between the two superpowers, and therefore deepened the Cold War tensions.
Answer this question… Truman Doctrine.
Truman Doctrine: America should interfere to prevent communism. It's obvious: should America, or should they not, interfere with other countries' affairs?
Truman Doctrine signaled America's post war embrace of global leadership and ended its longstanding policy of isolationism.
Truman Doctrine
The policy of the United States to provide aid to countries attempting to prevent a communist takeover was called the Truman Doctrine. Harry S. Truman was America's 33rd President.
America would fight to limit the spread of Communism :)
america would fight to limit the spread of communism
Did Harry or Bess introduce the Truman Doctrine? The Truman Doctrine stopped the buck here.
The Monroe Doctrine was in direct opposition to the Truman Doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine said the US should not interfere with events in Europe.
Harry S. Truman
The Truman Doctrine was the US policy of trying to contain the spread of communism
Harry Truman announced the "Truman Doctrine" plan to aid any country in such a situation.