What Was The Truman Doctrine Essay
In this essay, I will show why America had a growing involvement in Europe between 1945-1948. The USA implemented the Truman doctrine to contain communism, used the Long telegrams to spy on the USSR and gave money to western countries to discourage them from communism. I will explore all of these points in this homework and why America got involved in Europe because of these points.
One reason was the Truman doctrine. The Truman doctrine was the idea that the United States would try to prevent communism from spreading. The main idea was called ‘containment’ which involved containing communism in eastern Europe and not letting it spread to other countries. One way they did this was helping the capitalists in communist revolutions. An example of this was the civil war in Greece, with the USA providing military aid in 1947. The USA wanted to make sure countries stayed capitalist as they would be able to trade with them and would stop the communist’s having a growing influence, especially in Europe. This links to the Marshall Plan as they …show more content…
The Long Telegrams was a secret report from American’s ambassador in Moscow. The USA had told the American ambassador to report the plans of the USSR. The telegrams reported that Stalin had given a speech on the destruction of capitalism, there could be no peace with USSR whilst it opposed capitalism and that the USSR were building up resources. This made the USA worry as it looked like that the USSR were preparing to invade. This caused the USA increase its influence on Europe so that the USSR would find it more difficult to invade the USA. This links to the Norvikov telegrams which was a secret report from the USSRs ambassador reporting plans of the USA. This shows that both sides did not trust each other so they had their ambassadors spy on each other and report what was going on. This shows that tensions were very high and that both side were anticipating war, causing an arm
One reason was the Truman doctrine. The Truman doctrine was the idea that the United States would try to prevent communism from spreading. The main idea was called ‘containment’ which involved containing communism in eastern Europe and not letting it spread to other countries. One way they did this was helping the capitalists in communist revolutions. An example of this was the civil war in Greece, with the USA providing military aid in 1947. The USA wanted to make sure countries stayed capitalist as they would be able to trade with them and would stop the communist’s having a growing influence, especially in Europe. This links to the Marshall Plan as they …show more content…
The Long Telegrams was a secret report from American’s ambassador in Moscow. The USA had told the American ambassador to report the plans of the USSR. The telegrams reported that Stalin had given a speech on the destruction of capitalism, there could be no peace with USSR whilst it opposed capitalism and that the USSR were building up resources. This made the USA worry as it looked like that the USSR were preparing to invade. This caused the USA increase its influence on Europe so that the USSR would find it more difficult to invade the USA. This links to the Norvikov telegrams which was a secret report from the USSRs ambassador reporting plans of the USA. This shows that both sides did not trust each other so they had their ambassadors spy on each other and report what was going on. This shows that tensions were very high and that both side were anticipating war, causing an arm