TRUMAN DOCTRINE

Truman Doctrine

Truman Doctrines

Truman Doctrine; domestic and foreign events of 1946 and 1947

The Truman Doctrine was a new American foreign policy, based on the ideas of the influential American diplomat George F. Kennan, that would work with it's allies to "contain" the threat of further Soviet expansion. On March 12, 1947, Truman appeared before Congress and used Kennan's ideas as the basis of what became known as the Truman Doctrine. It promised U.S. support for any democratic country threatened by foreign domination. The new doctrine emerged in part as a response to events in Europe in 1946. In Turkey, Stalin was ...