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1943 Tehran Conference

critics assert that the Truman Doctrine’s anti-Communist obsession led the United States to support antidemocratic authoritarian regimes able to procure American aid by claiming they were fighting Communism.

der these circumstances the people of Greece cannot make progress in solving their problems of reconstruction.

Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet.

Anti-Communism would be a dominant element in American politics for the next forty years.

The Truman Doctrine became a policy followed throughout the cold war by both Republican and Democratic presidents.

Grand Alliance

. The Berlin wall, the physical symbol of Cold War divisions, came down in November 1989, and Germany reunified the following year.

The antagonism between the two “superpowers,” the United States and the Soviet Union, remained a “Cold War” in that direct conflict between their own militaries and those of their respective European allies never erupted

it’s all right to take part in the government. It’s fine as long as you are a Christian who carries the reflection of the kingdom of God and tries to establish it where you are working, and as long as you are not being used to further worldly ambitions.

There never was a war in history easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe.

On the other hand, ladies and gentlemen, I repulse the idea that a new war is inevitable, still more that it is imminent.

Ladies and gentlemen, the United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power.

Any government that is willing to assist in the task of recovery will find full cooperation, I am sure, on the part of the United States Government. Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties, or groups which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise will encounter the opposition of the United States.

Fearing the expansion of Soviet Communism into Western Europe and further expansion into Eastern Europe if the European economy was not stabilized, U.S. officials allocated approximately $13 billion to rebuild the economy over four years.

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan became significant aspects of the “containment” policy of U.S. officials.

On June 5, 1947, in a commencement address at Harvard University, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced the Marshall Plan, or the European Recovery Program, designed to aid in the economic rehabilitation of Europe after World War II.