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    How did the Truman Doctrine affect the Cold War?
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  2. Truman’s response to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence and current conditions of war-torn Europe would become known as the Truman Doctrine. This doctrine proposed to give aid to countries that were suffering from the aftermath of World War II and threatened by Soviet oppression.

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  4. Apr 9, 2018 · Learn how the Truman Doctrine marked the beginning of the Cold War, how it shaped America's attitude towards communism and how it shifted its foreign policy on interventionism with its...

  5. With the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War ended. But the basic ideas behind the Truman Doctrine — containing communism, championing democracy, helping others internationally — remain important to many modern-day politicians.

  6. Aug 20, 2024 · The Cold War had solidified by 1947–48, when U.S. aid provided under the Marshall Plan to western Europe had brought those countries under American influence and the Soviets had installed openly communist regimes in eastern Europe.

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  7. Feb 17, 2011 · US financial and economic controls precluded Moscow's taking part, however, which led the Russians to crack down on eastern Europe and enabled Truman to blame them for the Cold War.

  8. Mar 4, 2022 · The Truman Doctrine was a policy of containment by the United States against the Soviet Union, that was practiced throughout nearly the entire history of the Cold War. When World War II came to an end in 1945, the Allied powers (USA, Britain and the Soviet Union) held conferences to discuss how Germany should be divided up upon its defeat.

  9. The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. [5] It shifted U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union from a wartime alliance to containment of Soviet expansion, as advocated by diplomat George Kennan .

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