Was Truman Justified In Response To The Soviet Union

The Soviet Union controlled most, if not all, of the countries in eastern Europe. Soviet troops were stationed all over eastern and parts of central europe due to warfare with Germany during World War 11 . Agreements at the Yalta conference gave the Soviets dominance over these countries, in which they manipulated the people and organized communist governments. United States witnessing Soviet control over eastern countries and the violation of the Yalta agreement decided to embark a containment policy. Truman was justified in embarking a containment policy in response of Soviet influence in Europe because it isolated Soviet influences, deterred Soviets from expanding due to the formation of NATO, and reckoned with other imperialist countries. …show more content…
In this Telegram an expert on Soviet affairs, George F.Kennan, had written that only a” long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies would cause changes in Soviet ideology,” in which he proclaims that the Soviets would detach from world domination schemes and opt for peace with other nations. Truman decided to contain the aggressor, in this case being the Soviet Union, and eliminating their spread of ideology to other vulnerable countries. The Soviets wanted no contacts from western countries, they did want the political beliefs of equality and democracy to spread into their country and the countries of eastern occupations. The reason towards this was that they did not want the people to revolt against their rule, and wanted everything to go by easy, just in case for the right opportunity to unite the country for a takeover of a