The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress
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In June 5th‚ 1947‚ Marshall declared a famous speech in Harvard University. The idea of providing economic aid to the all Europe came on the scene. Between 1948 and the end of 1951‚ United States channeled $12.3 billion aid to Western Europe including grants‚ loans and in-kind transfer. The effects of Marshall Plan are all-encompassing‚ for example‚ contributing to the cold war‚ helping the recovery of European economy and European integration. Someone called in question about its necessity‚ someone
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Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan was a strategically devised program by the U.S. to sustain communist influence and without it Europe would have never recovered as well as it did economically‚ industrially‚ and politically. The Marshall Plan was an audacious decision by the U.S. in order to suppress the spread of communism after the devastations of World War II. The United States needed to substantially aid non-communist countries to stop the spread of Soviet influence so “Marshall had traveled
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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success would not have happened without its initial aid from the United States. After helping destroy so much of the continent‚ the U.S. pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. It was named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall‚ who said "The world of suffering people looks to us for leadership. Their thoughts‚ however‚ are not concentrated alone on this problem. They have more immediate and terribly pressing concerns where the mouthful of
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The Marshall Plan and the Division of Europe Charles S. Maier Michael Cox and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe provide a valuable survey of much of the historiography of the Marshall Plan‚ rightly understood to be a centerpiece of the early Cold War. Their essay raises important questions about post-revisionist accounts and interpretations and makes a useful contribution in discussing the role of the British and French in the events of 1947—a role that the American literature long overlooked but that
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of the Truman Doctrine and Containment. The US was the first country to develop an atomic bomb. This bomb was created in case any country attacked the US or another war took place and would be used only if necessary as a military weapon. It was proposed by the scientists to be tested on an isolated area such as an island or desert‚ but President Truman rejected this idea and instead suggested that it would be dropped on Japan to end the war as soon as possible and as a revenge of
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The first ever speech about the Truman Doctrine began on 12 March 1947‚ His speech is very famous for the outstanding meaning it brings to all people. As the New York Times reported‚ “Although the president refrained from mentioning the Soviet Union by name‚ there could be no mistaking his identification of the Communist state as the source of much of the unrest throughout the world.”1 The Soviet Union and the United States were allies in the World War II. But after those years things seemed
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WAS THE MARSHALL PLAN THE REASON FOR WESTERN EUROPE TO STAND ON ITS OWN FEET? The Marshall Plan was introduced by George Catlett Marshall‚ Chief of Staff of the Army and Secretary of State of the United States of America to Harvard University students on June 5‚ 1947. Its theme was to state that the European economy was destroyed as all its sources had been redirected to the efforts of the war and now people didn’t have money even to buy food from farmers (Sanchez‚ 2011). The aim of the plan was to
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politician‚ reason for speech is US security and access to Europe’s economy The use of motive language‚ freedom‚ endanger peace of the world‚ exploiting human want and misery‚ democracy‚ terror‚ oppression convince to act. Origin President Harry S Truman Limitations Was targeted at Greece and Turkey not the world Tone Presidential‚ politician‚ to raise emotion and fear to get approval to act Purpose To show that the US wanted democracy in the
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