Explain The Truman Doctrine

The Truman doctrine supplied aid to the nations who refused to back down to armed invaders trying to inforce communism. Also it offered finical aid to those who did not give in to outside pressure. The Doctrine also backed those countries politically and it offered military support to those nations. Even if the Nations were engaged in civil war. Truman’s doctrine argued that the U.S. could not just stand by and watching while the Soviet Union took over former fellow democratic nations by force while spreading communism.

The United States policy of containment was a part of the Cold War policy. The United States wanted to stop the spread of communism throughout the world. It was felt that the Soviet Union had to be contained and not allowed