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The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
The Truman Doctrine; A Doctrine of Containment
- Started when G.B. decided to pull out of Greece
- 400 million dollars promised to Greece and Turkey to prevent Communism
- A mantra for American policy to stop the spread of Communism
- "Line in the Sand"
The Marshall Plan, 1947
- George C. Marshall, secretary of state proposed aid to help western Europe
- 16 nations applied for the aid over 4 year
- Helped limiting expansion of Communism
- US gov't blocked the aid until Czechslovakia was taken over in 1948
Summary
Truman Doctrine was to help Greece's economy. The Marshall Plan was to help out western Europe to rebuild. Both were to stop expansion of Communism.