The Truman Doctrine committed the United States to a foreign policy of foreign intervention. It authorized political, military and economic support to all countries under threat from internal or external authoritarian forces. This moved the United States from withdrawing from regional conflicts that did not affect this country to possible intervention in far off conflicts.
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. . . to preventing the spread of Communism. The US fought the Korean and Vietnam wars to prevent South Koreans and South Vietnamese from sharing their food with each other. The US preferred to force their markets open to foreign (American) investors, and to deter any other nations who may have been considering a change to Communism.
Of course, Communism fell in 1991 with the USSR, so the Truman Doctrine is now outdated.
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Harry S. Truman was the first president. The inventor of the marshall plan was George Marshall.
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Truman Doctrine: America should interfere to prevent communism. It's obvious: should America, or should they not, interfere with other countries' affairs?
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