Answer this question… Truman Doctrine.
Containment
The "Truman Doctrine" stated that "it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." This could be interpreted as stating that US foreign policy should support worldwide democracy.
He declared that the United States would oppose the spread if communism.
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.
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.
The United States turned away from its policy of isolationism
The Truman Doctrine states the United States will provide military, political and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces. Prior to the Truman Doctrine the United States' foreign policy had called for the withdrawal from regional conflicts not directly related to the US. This opened the way to possible intervention.
Answer this question… Truman Doctrine.
The Truman Doctrine was the US policy of trying to contain the spread of communism
Yes, that is correct. The "containment policy" and the "Truman Doctrine" are often referred to interchangeably.
Containment
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.
The Truman Doctrine was a governmental policy to stop the spread of communism in Europe and around the world with military and economic aid. The doctrine received bipartisan support and led to United States intervention in the Greek Civil War, Korea, and Vietnam.
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."
The foreign policy of the Truman administration manifested by the policy of his name was rooted in containing Soviet aggression and expansion. Flashpoints of the Truman Doctrine were in attempts of Soviet subversion of Turkey and Greece after the War.
U.S Policy to contain communism (APEX)