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Truman Doctrine |
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Truman DoctrinePronouncement by Pres. Harry Truman. On March 12, 1947, he called for immediate economic and military aid to Greece, which was threatened by a communist insurrection, and to Turkey, which was under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean. Engaged in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, the U.S. sought to protect those countries from falling under Soviet influence after Britain announced that it could no longer give them aid. In response to Truman's message, Congress appropriated $400 million in aid. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Truman Doctrine set forth a policy of containing the Soviet Union and other communist governments, not of overthrowing those governments. Instead of using the Truman Doctrine, which Ronald Reagan helmed with world cooperation to finally bring down the Soviet Union, we have for 15 years been actively using force to ``build democracy. Woods manages to be both anti-communist and anti-Cold War: He rightly assails Franklin Roosevelt for throwing Eastern Europe to the Soviets, then slams the Truman Doctrine of assisting countries threatened by communism as big-government liberalism. |
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