Truman Doctrine Research Paper

The United States did release many different documents of foreign policy in an attempt to either expand and better themselves or just prop up other nations. The Truman Doctrine was one of these polices to affect the relationship with Europe as a whole. This was meant to help countries such as Greece and Turkey to give them aid so they could try and subdue the threat of Communism.14 Applebaum sees this as America making an attempt to fight not just the Communist threat but more than anything, the threat of Stalin's Totalitarianism regime.15 Gaddis describes America as a 'democratic empire'16 and it was obvious that the foreign policy of the Americans was bringing together the United States and the European West and East. This meant that they were slowing accumulating in …show more content…
After the unfortunate death of Roosevelt was not dealing with Truman.24 The President was new to the Soviet-American relationship and now had to start to get to know Stalin and form a relationship with the Soviet leader.25 It was clear at this stage that the alliance was nowhere near as solid as it had been during the war against Germany.26 Gaddis's interpretation of Stalin being a instigator of much of the trouble between the two countries is conflicted by the use of the archives by Roberts. He has used the evidence to come to the conclusion that in the instance of the conference Stalin himself said 'the important thing was to find common language'.27 Offner offers the substitute theory that Truman himself was simply unfit to make a formal relationship and instead came across as aggressive.28 In the conference itself and afterwards the Russians saw the meeting as crucial in keeping their alliance alive and it may be assumed that they were just doing so to keep the peace, however Roberts does describes the Yugoslav ambassador commenting on the USSR telling him the talks were very