POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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Truman Doctrine
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Warsaw Pact
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Berlin Wall
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Arms Race
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Truman Doctrine, 1947 With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Doctrine was a statement of “CONTAINMENT OF COMMUNISM", that the U.S. would offer assistance prevent communism from spreading. It was a guiding principle of American foreign policy throughout the Cold War, not to roll it back but to keep it from spreading and to resist communist aggression into other countries.