2. Truman’s Speech and Containment Implementation.
After the sudden death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s, Harry S. Truman became President of the United States. He was against totalitarian states and claimed that ideology should not be used as a plea for authoritarian rule. Truman was determined to show to the United States that his administration didn’t aim to return to isolationism. “By the early 1947 the Truman Administration was convinced that even though the Soviet Union had adopted a set of tactics short of outright military aggression, its ultimate objective was world control. Whether Stalin sought security or expansion, the two motives had meshed to present a formidable challenge for the United States”. (Jones, 1989, p.13)
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He was trying to explain the reason why it was the moment for America to get involve in European affairs. Many historians agree that the speech principle, sometimes called the Truman’s Containment speech4, was the starting point of what it is today known as the Truman Doctrine which “marked the beginning of a global foreign policy that was flexible, restrained, and not recklessly military in tone.” (Jones, 1989, …show more content…
5 Thus, form his early stage; the Truman Doctrine marked a turning point in American foreign policy in its aim to contain and block Soviets expansion in Europe. It confirmed the Administrations’ resolution to take action against Soviets and its expansion in social, political, economic and military front, although Kennan’s ideas rejected the last. The Doctrine was a commitment to make available assistance to nations as a way to contain Soviet expansionism during peace
After the sudden death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s, Harry S. Truman became President of the United States. He was against totalitarian states and claimed that ideology should not be used as a plea for authoritarian rule. Truman was determined to show to the United States that his administration didn’t aim to return to isolationism. “By the early 1947 the Truman Administration was convinced that even though the Soviet Union had adopted a set of tactics short of outright military aggression, its ultimate objective was world control. Whether Stalin sought security or expansion, the two motives had meshed to present a formidable challenge for the United States”. (Jones, 1989, p.13)
The British …show more content…
He was trying to explain the reason why it was the moment for America to get involve in European affairs. Many historians agree that the speech principle, sometimes called the Truman’s Containment speech4, was the starting point of what it is today known as the Truman Doctrine which “marked the beginning of a global foreign policy that was flexible, restrained, and not recklessly military in tone.” (Jones, 1989, …show more content…
5 Thus, form his early stage; the Truman Doctrine marked a turning point in American foreign policy in its aim to contain and block Soviets expansion in Europe. It confirmed the Administrations’ resolution to take action against Soviets and its expansion in social, political, economic and military front, although Kennan’s ideas rejected the last. The Doctrine was a commitment to make available assistance to nations as a way to contain Soviet expansionism during peace