Introduction
The Marshall plan has been largely considered the greatest instance of foreign aid ever created by the United States of, but to what extent was the Marshall plan employed to contain communism? The Marshall plan was passed in 1948 and it’s publicly known main purpose was to help rebuild Europe’s economy and landscape during the post world war two crisis that many countries were dealing with following the war. Europe had spent tremendous amounts of money and used many resources on their fight to subdue the Eastern invaders. The Marshall plan was created by Secretary of State George Marshall, and the plan has a sphere of controversy around it. The Marshall Plan has largely been considered the greatest instance of foreign aid ever …show more content…
The Truman doctrine was a foreign policy composed by president Harry.S.Truman and its purpose was to combat Soviet imperialism in Europe, it is believed by many historians that the Truman doctrine was the first signs of the beginning of the cold war. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plans have very noticeable similarities, the implementation of the Truman Doctrine involved America giving financial aid to Greece and Turkey, who at the time were being invaded by communist forces. The Truman Doctrine also announced that America was willing to forward aid to any country that was in need of relief from imposing unwanted forces, specifically communist forces. Britain had been originally sending aid to Greece but when they began to face more economic hardships they were forced to scale back on their help, America then stepped in to fill the void that Britain had once filled and supplied aid. Although the Truman Doctrine was created to help Greece and Turkey from unwanted invasion, it was also employed to contain communism in any way possible, without the use or need of violence. The Marshall Plan is similar, although it was made to grant aid to impoverished areas, one of its main goals was to continue to contain communism and the financial aid was simply a method to reach the desired goal. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine are commonly paired together because they formed the basis for America’s stance and viewpoint in the cold war, America wanted to regulate the European areas and keep it more leveled so one area would not get too powerful and create a repeat occurrence of large scale
The Marshall plan has been largely considered the greatest instance of foreign aid ever created by the United States of, but to what extent was the Marshall plan employed to contain communism? The Marshall plan was passed in 1948 and it’s publicly known main purpose was to help rebuild Europe’s economy and landscape during the post world war two crisis that many countries were dealing with following the war. Europe had spent tremendous amounts of money and used many resources on their fight to subdue the Eastern invaders. The Marshall plan was created by Secretary of State George Marshall, and the plan has a sphere of controversy around it. The Marshall Plan has largely been considered the greatest instance of foreign aid ever …show more content…
The Truman doctrine was a foreign policy composed by president Harry.S.Truman and its purpose was to combat Soviet imperialism in Europe, it is believed by many historians that the Truman doctrine was the first signs of the beginning of the cold war. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plans have very noticeable similarities, the implementation of the Truman Doctrine involved America giving financial aid to Greece and Turkey, who at the time were being invaded by communist forces. The Truman Doctrine also announced that America was willing to forward aid to any country that was in need of relief from imposing unwanted forces, specifically communist forces. Britain had been originally sending aid to Greece but when they began to face more economic hardships they were forced to scale back on their help, America then stepped in to fill the void that Britain had once filled and supplied aid. Although the Truman Doctrine was created to help Greece and Turkey from unwanted invasion, it was also employed to contain communism in any way possible, without the use or need of violence. The Marshall Plan is similar, although it was made to grant aid to impoverished areas, one of its main goals was to continue to contain communism and the financial aid was simply a method to reach the desired goal. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine are commonly paired together because they formed the basis for America’s stance and viewpoint in the cold war, America wanted to regulate the European areas and keep it more leveled so one area would not get too powerful and create a repeat occurrence of large scale