In the Truman Doctrine, President Truman wants to contain the expansion of communism everywhere, especially trying to prevent the USSR from expanding out more. Basically America supported and assisted all democratic countries, which are in any way being threatened by the Soviet Union. Truman believe that if one country fell into control of communism then other countries surrounding it would sooner or later experience the same effects. This was called the Domino Effect, in which one by one each country would fall like a domino. One situation in which the U.S diplomatic efforts were required during the presidents’ time in office was when the British Government announced it could no longer afford to keep soldiers fighting communist rebels in Greece.
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This also allowed the United States fight in a proxy war, in which other countries did much or most of the fighting for themselves, with the financial support from the United States. The proxy war is a big advantage to Americans because it saved thousand of lives since there was never any direct conflict between the two super countries of the Soviet Union and America, and this lowered the chances of a nuclear war. Another advantage was the economic strength superiority of the United States over the Soviet Union. Also the United States had an economic advantage of the Marshall plan, so when they increased military spending, the Soviet Union were given no choice but to increase their spending too, except they had a weaker economy, so basically the economic advantage of the USA allowed them to put the Soviets in a position where if they did match the nuclear power of the United States, they would collapse …show more content…
The US should have used their military advantage at the beginning of the war and crushed the Soviet instead of allowing them to catch up in the nuclear arm race later in the Cold war. Also another big disadvantage of the Truman doctrine was the extremely high cost of the war on its multiple fronts around the globe. The United States spent an estimated 8 Trillion dollars for themselves and other countries in the war. Death and injury total were high throughout, the world and on both sides many civilians lost their lives. But Ultimately, The Truman Doctrine policy proved effective because the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States and their allies won after 45 years of no direct military
This also allowed the United States fight in a proxy war, in which other countries did much or most of the fighting for themselves, with the financial support from the United States. The proxy war is a big advantage to Americans because it saved thousand of lives since there was never any direct conflict between the two super countries of the Soviet Union and America, and this lowered the chances of a nuclear war. Another advantage was the economic strength superiority of the United States over the Soviet Union. Also the United States had an economic advantage of the Marshall plan, so when they increased military spending, the Soviet Union were given no choice but to increase their spending too, except they had a weaker economy, so basically the economic advantage of the USA allowed them to put the Soviets in a position where if they did match the nuclear power of the United States, they would collapse …show more content…
The US should have used their military advantage at the beginning of the war and crushed the Soviet instead of allowing them to catch up in the nuclear arm race later in the Cold war. Also another big disadvantage of the Truman doctrine was the extremely high cost of the war on its multiple fronts around the globe. The United States spent an estimated 8 Trillion dollars for themselves and other countries in the war. Death and injury total were high throughout, the world and on both sides many civilians lost their lives. But Ultimately, The Truman Doctrine policy proved effective because the Soviet Union collapsed and the United States and their allies won after 45 years of no direct military