Truman Doctrine and Its Impact
Truman Doctrine was a simple warning clearly stated to the USSR—through the country was not mentioned by name—that the USA would intervene to support any nation that was being threatened by a takeover by armed minority.
the original plan for the Truman Doctrine was to help Greece and Turkey with financial and political aid after World War II. In the end the doctrine was applicable to a country in need of help at the time.
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