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The Truman Doctrine In order to contain Communism,
President Harry S. Truman issued the Truman Doctrine in
1947, which provided aid to Greece and Turkey. The
United States gave aid to those countries, specifically,
because it felt they were most threatened by Communism
during the time of the Cold War (Ferrell, pg.105).
Communism is an economic system in which a single party
controls the means of production with the aim of
establishing a classless society (Encarta). The period after
World War II, up until the year 1990, when The Cold War
ended, was controlled by two superpowers, the United
States and the Soviet Union. The United States was led by
President Harry S. Truman, who was thrown into the
presidency by the unexpected death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and the Soviet Union was led by Joseph Stalin
(McCullough, pg. 371). Each expressed different views on
politics, economics and human rights. A number of events
occurred which led the United States and the Soviet......

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