COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Plan to give war torn countries in Europe aid to prevent them from getting help from USSR
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Principle that the US should give support to countries threatened by Soviet/Communist forces
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State of political hostilitiy between countries that does not include open declarations of war
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policy to prevent the spread of communism abroad
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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, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -A United States foreign policy doctrine adopted by the Harry S. Truman administration in 1947, operating on the principle that communist governments will eventually fall apart as long as they are prevented from expanding their influence.
Detailed explanation-5: -The key goals of containment were to limit the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology. Yet containment was never a defensive strategy; it was con ceived as an instrument to achieve victory in the Cold War.