What is The Truman Doctrine? Please explain briefly, thanks?
1 Answer
May 12, 2016
It was a policy by Truman to contain communism.
Explanation:
After World War 2 there was heightened tension between the USA and the Soviet Union. The Truman Doctrine was a policy by President Truman offering American support to any democracy which was threatened, a clear reference to Soviet expansion. It came after the possibility that Greece would fall to communism.
