that the US policy of Marshall in 1947 was motivated mainly by the altruistic desire to help the economic recovery of Europe. The European Recovery Programme‚ more commonly known as the Marshall Plan‚ was the American foreign policy masterminded by US Secretary of State George C. Marshall. Its aim was to provide financial support to war-torn Europe‚ following the conclusion of World War II in 1945. The interpretations that I will be analysing argue whether the Marshall Plan was mainly motivated
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the Marshall Plan‚ which offered Allied aid to countries destroyed by WWII. The Marshall plan was not only an effort to resort economic strength in Western Europe‚ but it supplied the means for participating countries that have been damaged by the war to become economic allies with the US (Office). “Governments‚ political parties‚ or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States” (Marshall). The
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Describe and discuss the Truman Doctrine and give one example of how it influenced American foreign policy. On March 12‚ 1947 before a joint session of congress President Harry S Truman recommended the program of economic and military assistance to Greece and Turkey that became known as the Truman Doctrine. When in February 1947‚ Great Britain announced that they can no longer help Greece to fight against the communist rebels‚ President Harry Truman became worried that this will lead to
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THE MARSHALL PLAN By the end of World War II much of Europe was devastated. The region’s economic structure was ruined and the devastation to agriculture left millions starving and homeless. During the war‚ Axis powers targeted the transportation infrastructure‚ leaving railways‚ bridges‚ and roads in a state of severe disrepair. Much of the civilian merchant shipping industry had also suffered severe damage. Due to the economic strain placed on the European countries during the war‚ many had
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important reason for the development of the Cold War in the years 1948 – 1955: -The Truman Doctrine - The Potsdam Conference Both the Truman Doctrine and Potsdam Conference were rhetorical confrontations between communism and capitalism. The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy and the Potsdam conference was hostile meeting between the leaders of Britain‚ USA‚ and Russia. I think that the Truman Doctrine was the more important reason for the development of the Cold War. The Potsdam
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The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program‚ ERP) was the American initiative to aid Europe‚ in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism.[1] The plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948.[2] The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-devastated regions‚ remove trade barriers‚ modernize industry‚ and make Europe prosperous again.[3] The
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The Cold War and U. S. Diplomacy: The Truman Doctrine Ardell Simmons Professor Muhammad Sohna Politics 300 Friday‚ December 2‚ 2011 The Truman Doctrine: Contain the Expansion of Communism‚ Presumably Everywhere Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office. According to Woolsey (2008)‚ “WWII had bled the British Forces to the bone. The Battle of Britain‚ and the huge casualties suffered in Africa and the Continent had made it impossible
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The Truman Doctrine was to all intents and purposes avowal of the Cold War. Truman’s lecture outlined the expansive constraint of U.S. Cold War distant policy‚ the Soviet Union‚ in which was the hub of all socialist commotion and engagements all over the world. Marxism could attack in the course of exterior incursion or domestic treason and the United States needed to endow with forces and monetary backing to defend nations from collectivist hostility. Not everyone grip Truman’s reason. A number
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Assess the impact of the Truman Doctrine on the development of the Cold War in the period to 1953 Intro: In march 1947‚ President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine to the US Congress. The Doctrine contained the principle of containment. It was of the utmost fundamental importance after its introduction as it proved to be the basis of US foreign policy for the next forty years. In the period to 1953‚ the Truman Doctrine was to have a major impact on events in Europe and Asia‚ and in the general
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the time of post-World War II Soviet geopolitical expansion‚ the political and economic future of European nations were at stake. Truman described the situation as autocratic regimes undermining democratic countries‚ using political‚ economic and military means to re-write and disrupt the western European map of geopolitical influence‚ alliances and independence (Truman 344). Greece and Turkey asked for military and financial aid from the United States as Great Britain‚ their former benefactor‚ was
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