divide between Russia‚ the U.S.‚ and Great Britain. After the U.S. president‚ Henry Truman passed‚ the Truman Doctrine‚ that stated that any
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people coming in saying that capitalism wasn’t working so they were going to switch over to communism. While Kennan was writing this telegram he had the economic and political policies in mind which then triggered Truman to expand on this as well. The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to give the United States a role in stopping the spread of communism. Then‚ George Marshall suggested offering financial aid to help European capitalistic economies to be recovered. So
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The first ever speech about the Truman Doctrine began on 12 March 1947‚ His speech is very famous for the outstanding meaning it brings to all people. As the New York Times reported‚ “Although the president refrained from mentioning the Soviet Union by name‚ there could be no mistaking his identification of the Communist state as the source of much of the unrest throughout the world.”1 The Soviet Union and the United States were allies in the World War II. But after those years things seemed
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The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress
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the atomic bomb‚ US and Soviet Union world supremacy‚ and the creation of the Truman Doctrine and Containment. The US was the first country to develop an atomic bomb. This bomb was created in case any country attacked the US or another war took place and would be used only if necessary as a military weapon. It was proposed by the scientists to be tested on an isolated area such as an island or desert‚ but President Truman rejected this idea and instead suggested that it would be dropped on Japan to
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During March 1947‚ President Harry Truman established the Truman Doctrine. This meant the United States would go on to provide $400 million in political‚ military and economic support to all democratic nations resisting communism [Office of the Historian‚ 2018]. To justify his cause‚ Truman said “I believe we must assist free peoples to work out their destinies in their own way” [Office of the Historian‚ 2018]
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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politician‚ reason for speech is US security and access to Europe’s economy The use of motive language‚ freedom‚ endanger peace of the world‚ exploiting human want and misery‚ democracy‚ terror‚ oppression convince to act. Origin President Harry S Truman Limitations Was targeted at Greece and Turkey not the world Tone Presidential‚ politician‚ to raise emotion and fear to get approval to act Purpose To show that the US wanted democracy in the
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The Truman Doctrine and The Marshall Plan Ideological and practical significances After Harry Truman proposed the idea of a European Recovery Plan to the Congress‚ it was taken further by General Marshall. General Marshall joined office in January 1947 as the Secretary of State. Soon after General Marshall met with Stalin and came back to realise the urgency for American actions in retaliation. Marshall proposed aid to Europe on a vast scale‚ and invited the Europeans to respond. The way
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