Question

Explain the emergence of the Truman Doctrine. In about 200 words.

Answer 1

Truman Doctrine, U.S. declaration Media. Under pressure from Soviet expansion in the Mediterranean region, Harry S. Truman declared immediate economic and military aid to the governments of Greece, threatened by the Communist insurrection, and Turkey. Great Britain announced that it could no longer afford to help those Mediterranean countries which the West feared were in danger of falling under Soviet influence as the United States and the Soviet Union struggled to reach a balance of power during the Cold War which followed World War II.

The Truman Doctrine was a Cold War De-facto assertion. The speech by Truman outlined the specific principles of the U.S. Foreign policy of the Cold War: the Soviet Union was the center of all communist action and movements throughout the world; communism could strike by external invasion or internal subversion; and the United States required military and economic protection to defend nations from communist aggression.

Not everyone took Truman's reasoning on board. Some realized that the Greek insurgency was supported not by the Soviet Union but by Tito of Yugoslavia, who broke with the Soviet Communists within a year. In addition, the Soviets did not demand control of the Dardanelles, but only assurances that Russia's enemies would not use this strategic waterway-as the Nazis had used it during World War II. And it was unclear whether U.S. aid would result in democracy in Greece or Turkey.