It is said that a single man can learn much from predicting the future, yet they fail to acknowledge the past. Society does not realize that the past is what makes the decisions of the presents which eventually led to the events that unfold in the future. Now, knowing that history is a reference that we refer to as in the past, then why should we not study it and learn from it. Furthermore, history is full of wars and more than often wars led to a reconstruction era for either side involved and that is the universal rule. Therefore, Greece was not exceptions to this rule, having been completely destroyed economically and politically due to the effect of World War II which lasted six grueling years from 1839-1845.
World War II, was one of …show more content…
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established the American policy in 1847 that the United States would provide economic, political, and military assistance to all democratic nations such as Greece and potentially Turkey under threat from external forces like the Nazis or internal forces like the communist. President Harry S. Truman truly believed that by helping potential democratic government and their people, there would be a greater chance of them establishing their government and provokes others to follow in their footsteps. Furthermore this policy would change the U.S. from a country more withdraw from foreign affair like George Washington intended it to be, to a country more likely to interfere with forging affair and other countries complications. However, like any great plan in the making, it had to be approved by …show more content…
Furthermore, Truman showed the importance of acting fast and the consequences that can occur if the United States does not act on time by stating how in this case for Greece, if the U.S did not intervene then the government would be taken over as well as the neighboring countries such as turkey and the chances for democratic government forming again will be zero to none.
Hence the main reason this document has such an important historical significance, it was one of the first major attempts the United States did to stop the spread of communism. The United States knew that if they left Greece to fall to communism, Turkey would soon follow, and many other countries fighting for their freedom would fail.
Showing that Communism was one of the worst things that could happen, and having it spread across the world was terrifying for many people and many countries. The stronger communism was, the bigger the threat for the democratic government. More fear was brought in because people in the United States had already been caught selling secrets to the Soviet Union, and the closer communism got to the United States the more terrified everyone was. The time to battle communism was now, before it was too
World War II, was one of …show more content…
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established the American policy in 1847 that the United States would provide economic, political, and military assistance to all democratic nations such as Greece and potentially Turkey under threat from external forces like the Nazis or internal forces like the communist. President Harry S. Truman truly believed that by helping potential democratic government and their people, there would be a greater chance of them establishing their government and provokes others to follow in their footsteps. Furthermore this policy would change the U.S. from a country more withdraw from foreign affair like George Washington intended it to be, to a country more likely to interfere with forging affair and other countries complications. However, like any great plan in the making, it had to be approved by …show more content…
Furthermore, Truman showed the importance of acting fast and the consequences that can occur if the United States does not act on time by stating how in this case for Greece, if the U.S did not intervene then the government would be taken over as well as the neighboring countries such as turkey and the chances for democratic government forming again will be zero to none.
Hence the main reason this document has such an important historical significance, it was one of the first major attempts the United States did to stop the spread of communism. The United States knew that if they left Greece to fall to communism, Turkey would soon follow, and many other countries fighting for their freedom would fail.
Showing that Communism was one of the worst things that could happen, and having it spread across the world was terrifying for many people and many countries. The stronger communism was, the bigger the threat for the democratic government. More fear was brought in because people in the United States had already been caught selling secrets to the Soviet Union, and the closer communism got to the United States the more terrified everyone was. The time to battle communism was now, before it was too