Question

With reference to the Cold War and the Non-Aligned Movement, answer the following question.

Explain Truman's Doctrine.

Answer 1

The U.S. President Truman was alarmed at the prospect of the growth of communist influence in Greece and Turkey. In order to help these two countries he requested the U.S. Congress, in 1947, for a sanction of 400 million dollars. The declaration of Truman is known as the 'Truman Doctrine' or policy of containment. This doctrine put an end to the U.S. policy of isolation in European politics and it took the step forward to assume leadership in world politics. This doctrine stated that international peace would be endangered in case of communist dictatorship over the free people of the world and the security of the American continent would also be threatened. The chief objectives of this was to protect the independent nations from communist aggression, to preserve the balance of power to check the expansion of Soviet influence over the Balkans and middle East. This doctrine was the chief cause of the cold war.