Essay On The Truman Doctrine
After WWII the United States and the USSR were the only superpowers left in the world. Differences in government, atomic weapons, and other disagreements, led to the United States and the USSR entering into a cold war. Most of the time when someone says war, we think violence, death, and tragedies; however this was not the case. The cold war was in fact a war of words. There was no actual fighting that took place. The United States was completely against communism, and wanted to eradicate it completely. On the flip side, the USSR believed that the only way to achieve peace was with complete communism throughout the world. This conflicted with the democratic values of the United States, and President Harry S. Truman saw this as a major threat.
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The British Government was very weak due to the effects of the war and was constantly declining, because they were lacking on money and resources. This is when the British decided not to aid Greece and Turkey anymore. With Greece already in a “war” against communism, they reached out to Truman for help. “ The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance.” Truman believed that with the British not giving aid to Greece and Turkey, this made them an easy target for communism. Truman declared, “ We must take immediate resolute action. I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400,000,000 for the period ending June 30, 1948.” The Speech was given because the British said that after March 31, it would no longer provide Greece or Turkey with military or economic assistance. With the Truman Doctrine, Truman established that the United states would provide money, economic, and military assistance to every democratic nation that was threatened by communism. Truman strongly believed that not only should the United States keep itself from communism, but that we should fight for liberty, justice, and freedom from communism in other countries as
The British Government was very weak due to the effects of the war and was constantly declining, because they were lacking on money and resources. This is when the British decided not to aid Greece and Turkey anymore. With Greece already in a “war” against communism, they reached out to Truman for help. “ The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance.” Truman believed that with the British not giving aid to Greece and Turkey, this made them an easy target for communism. Truman declared, “ We must take immediate resolute action. I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400,000,000 for the period ending June 30, 1948.” The Speech was given because the British said that after March 31, it would no longer provide Greece or Turkey with military or economic assistance. With the Truman Doctrine, Truman established that the United states would provide money, economic, and military assistance to every democratic nation that was threatened by communism. Truman strongly believed that not only should the United States keep itself from communism, but that we should fight for liberty, justice, and freedom from communism in other countries as