Answer to Question #121675 in History for Lizwi

Question

Explain The Truman Doctrine.

Answer 1

The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was an American foreign policy whose purpose was to contain Soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold war. The policy established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. The policy was spear headed by president Harry S.