HIS-1200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Truman Doctrine, Iron Curtain, X Article
Document Summary
The cold war: lasted 40 years, started with bolshevik russian revolution who wanted to spread communism, george kennan sent long telegram (mr. x article) Came up with containment- contain the soviet union and prevent them from spreading more communism using military means. Containment of the soviet union defined u. s. foreign policy for a long time: communist insurgency emerging in turkey and greece, truman doctrine issued by harry truman. If we were going to preserve the freedom of people around the world we had to fight communism. Said u. s. was on the side of good and s. u. was on the side of evil: marshall plan created by george marshall. Europe was running low on coal and food; people were cold, hungry and desperate. Congress funded 13 billion dollars in u. s. aid to help rebuild europe: stalin saw the truman doctrine as a direct assault, north korea attacked south korea.
