Truman Doctrine
Cold War pledge
The Truman Doctrine was a 1947 U.S. foreign policy declaring American support for countries resisting communist expansion.
President Truman announced it to justify aid to Greece and Turkey, marking America's commitment to containing Soviet influence during the Cold War.
The doctrine shaped decades of American interventionism: The Truman Doctrine committed the U.S. to a global anti-communist stance.
Former communist superstate
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
- NATOWestern defense organization
Warsaw Pact · arms race · Korean War · McCarthyism · Red Scare · espionage · nuclear deterrence · superpower rivalry
Postwar American economic assistance
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- TurkeyTranscontinental Eurasian republic
- economic assistanceFinancial help for development
- military aidAssistance to armed forces
foreign aid · reconstruction · Lend-Lease · humanitarian relief · infrastructure · technical assistance · postwar recovery
Contagious political collapse belief
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- buffer stateNation preventing direct conflict
- cordon sanitaireProtective isolation boundary
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
rollback · sphere of influence · encirclement · perimeter defense · quarantine · blockade · resistance · barrier
USSR territorial spread
- Marxism-LeninismState-led revolutionary socialism
- socialist blocCommunist-aligned nation coalition
- Eastern BlocUSSR-aligned European nations
- communist insurgencyMarxist armed revolt
Red Army · subversion · revolution · propaganda · ideological warfare · loyalty oaths · fellow travelers · fifth column
Policy of deliberate involvement
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
- American exceptionalismBelief U.S. is uniquely virtuous
- collective securityShared defense pact system
- multilateralismMulti-party international cooperation
diplomatic recognition · sovereignty · self-determination · peacekeeping · United Nations · special relationship
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
NATO · Warsaw Pact · arms race · Korean War · McCarthyism · Red Scare · espionage · nuclear deterrence · superpower rivalry · bipolarity
Marshall Plan
Postwar American economic assistance
- GreeceBalkan peninsula nation
- TurkeyTranscontinental Eurasian republic
- economic assistanceFinancial help for development
military aid · foreign aid · reconstruction · Lend-Lease · humanitarian relief · infrastructure · technical assistance · postwar recovery
domino theory
Contagious political collapse belief
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- buffer stateNation preventing direct conflict
- cordon sanitaireProtective isolation boundary
deterrence · rollback · sphere of influence · encirclement · perimeter defense · quarantine · blockade · resistance · barrier · collective security
Soviet expansion
USSR territorial spread
- Marxism-LeninismState-led revolutionary socialism
- socialist blocCommunist-aligned nation coalition
- Eastern BlocUSSR-aligned European nations
communist insurgency · Red Army · subversion · revolution · propaganda · ideological warfare · loyalty oaths · fellow travelers · fifth column · communist parties
interventionism
Policy of deliberate involvement
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
- American exceptionalismBelief U.S. is uniquely virtuous
- collective securityShared defense pact system
multilateralism · diplomatic recognition · sovereignty · self-determination · peacekeeping · United Nations · special relationship
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- foreign policydiplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, sanctions, containment, deterrence
- Cold War Diplomacydétente, detente, arms control, summits, SALT talks
- Cold War OriginsIron Curtain, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift, containment policy
- Modern GreeceGreek language, Greek history, Greek culture, Modern Greek, Constantine I
- postwar eraMarshall Plan, prosperity, reconstruction, Cold War, iron curtain
Truman Doctrineisolationism
Policy avoiding foreign alliances
non-interventionism · America First · Monroe Doctrine · neutrality · disengagement
Truman DoctrineBrezhnev Doctrine
Soviet right to intervene
Comintern · Warsaw Pact · Non-Aligned Movement · world revolution
Truman Doctrineappeasement
Satisfying demands to prevent conflict
détente · peaceful coexistence · rollback · accommodation · rapprochement
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