Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. Truman was the Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, when FDR died Truman became president in 1945. He was only FDR’s Vice President for a few months before he was elected. Truman’s first shining moment was when he had to meet with Joseph Stalin and Clement Attlee for the final wartime conference at Potsdam near Berlin. Originally, at the Yalta conference, the Soviets wanted to take reparations from Germany to help repay Soviet wartime losses. Now at Potsdam, Truman had opposed to that. Truman also felt that the U.S. had a huge economic stake in spreading democracy and free trade across the globe. During the war, the U.S. industry boomed, making themselves the economic leader of the world. In order to keep growing, American businesses wanted to be able to access raw materials in Eastern Europe and they wanted to be able to sell goods to Eastern European countries.
Dwight D. Eisenhower …show more content…
Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States after Truman. Eisenhower served between the years 1953 and 1961. He created something called the Eisenhower Doctrine which was basically the Truman Doctrine but edited. The doctrine promised military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. It was also intended to check for any increased Soviet influence in the Middle East, which had resulted from the supply of arms to Egypt by communist countries as well as from strong communist support of Arab states against an Israeli, French, and British attack on Egypt in October 1956. With the approval from congress, Eisenhower proclaimed that he would use the armed forces to protect the independence of any middle eastern country seeking American help. The Eisenhower Doctrine represented no chance in U.S.
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States. Truman was the Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, when FDR died Truman became president in 1945. He was only FDR’s Vice President for a few months before he was elected. Truman’s first shining moment was when he had to meet with Joseph Stalin and Clement Attlee for the final wartime conference at Potsdam near Berlin. Originally, at the Yalta conference, the Soviets wanted to take reparations from Germany to help repay Soviet wartime losses. Now at Potsdam, Truman had opposed to that. Truman also felt that the U.S. had a huge economic stake in spreading democracy and free trade across the globe. During the war, the U.S. industry boomed, making themselves the economic leader of the world. In order to keep growing, American businesses wanted to be able to access raw materials in Eastern Europe and they wanted to be able to sell goods to Eastern European countries.
Dwight D. Eisenhower …show more content…
Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States after Truman. Eisenhower served between the years 1953 and 1961. He created something called the Eisenhower Doctrine which was basically the Truman Doctrine but edited. The doctrine promised military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help in resisting communist aggression. It was also intended to check for any increased Soviet influence in the Middle East, which had resulted from the supply of arms to Egypt by communist countries as well as from strong communist support of Arab states against an Israeli, French, and British attack on Egypt in October 1956. With the approval from congress, Eisenhower proclaimed that he would use the armed forces to protect the independence of any middle eastern country seeking American help. The Eisenhower Doctrine represented no chance in U.S.