TRUMAN POLICIES
After WWII, the Cold War set in which was a state of hostility without direct military conflict that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union. In essence, it was a mutual hatred between the United States and the NATO against the Soviet Union that involved no military conflict. People feared the communism that the Soviets advocated so President Truman put a number of foreign policies into action. One very prominent policy was called the Truman Doctrine. This policy took place after the war to fight and prevent the spread of communism and the Soviet Union.
Another important foreign policy that Truman issued was called the Marshall Plan. This policy also took place after WWII during the Cold War. Proposed by George Marshall, this american policy was a program under which the US provided economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII. This policy greatly effected Europe and helped give 16 countries about 13 million dollars in aid over a span of 4 years. This plan also helped Western Europe thrive and Communists lost much appeal to voters. The reason the US went to extremes to help Europe was because they understood that a prosperous Europe could better resist the spread of communism.
Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were used to help prevent the spread of communism into the Middle East including Turkey and Greece. Truman recognized that a strong Middle East would be less susceptible to communism if it was stronger and he wanted to prevent any expansion of communism, wherever it may be.
The Cold War led to an official war that actually involved fighting called the Korean War. The Korean War was a War between the United Nations (supported by the United States), and communism North Korea. This war started in 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. During the Korean War, Truman put a policy of containment into use. Containment is the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence. When Truman put this policy in order, it blocked Soviet Union attempts to spread its communist influence to the rest of the world.
At the end of the Korean War, U.S. General William Harrison, Jr. of the United Nations Command, General Nam II of North Korea signed an armistice on July 27 of 1953. It is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time. In essence, the armistice was a truce to end the war. Although containment was tried in many situations, it was the armistice that eventually created a subtle peace.
EISENHOWER POLICIES
When President Eisenhower became president in 1956, he proposed a policy of brinkmanship. A brinkmanship is the
prevention of the spread of communism by promising to use all of its force including nuclear weapons against any aggressor nation. When this policy was put into action, the United States trimmed its army and navy and expanded its air force (to deliver bombs) and its buildup of nuclear weapons. Eisenhower hoped that this would help end the Cold War and stop the spread of communism everywhere.
Eisenhower's policy of brinkmanship was issued very quickly after being elected. He strongly wanted to end communism as soon as possible.
Also early in his administration, Eisenhower embraced containment as the most important quality of his administration’s Soviet policy.
Another policy Eisenhower issued was named the Eisenhower Doctrine in 1957. This policy promised military and economic aid to anticommunist governments to help contain expansion of the Soviet sphere of influence, created US commitment to defend the Middle East against attack by any communist country.
Eisenhower knew that stronger countries would be able to defend themselves and steer communism out of the picture.
Author: Maddie D.
After WWII, the Cold War set in which was a state of hostility without direct military conflict that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union. In essence, it was a mutual hatred between the United States and the NATO against the Soviet Union that involved no military conflict. People feared the communism that the Soviets advocated so President Truman put a number of foreign policies into action. One very prominent policy was called the Truman Doctrine. This policy took place after the war to fight and prevent the spread of communism and the Soviet Union.
Another important foreign policy that Truman issued was called the Marshall Plan. This policy also took place after WWII during the Cold War. Proposed by George Marshall, this american policy was a program under which the US provided economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII. This policy greatly effected Europe and helped give 16 countries about 13 million dollars in aid over a span of 4 years. This plan also helped Western Europe thrive and Communists lost much appeal to voters. The reason the US went to extremes to help Europe was because they understood that a prosperous Europe could better resist the spread of communism.
Both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were used to help prevent the spread of communism into the Middle East including Turkey and Greece. Truman recognized that a strong Middle East would be less susceptible to communism if it was stronger and he wanted to prevent any expansion of communism, wherever it may be.
The Cold War led to an official war that actually involved fighting called the Korean War. The Korean War was a War between the United Nations (supported by the United States), and communism North Korea. This war started in 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. During the Korean War, Truman put a policy of containment into use. Containment is the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence. When Truman put this policy in order, it blocked Soviet Union attempts to spread its communist influence to the rest of the world.
At the end of the Korean War, U.S. General William Harrison, Jr. of the United Nations Command, General Nam II of North Korea signed an armistice on July 27 of 1953. It is an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time. In essence, the armistice was a truce to end the war. Although containment was tried in many situations, it was the armistice that eventually created a subtle peace.
EISENHOWER POLICIES
When President Eisenhower became president in 1956, he proposed a policy of brinkmanship. A brinkmanship is the
prevention of the spread of communism by promising to use all of its force including nuclear weapons against any aggressor nation. When this policy was put into action, the United States trimmed its army and navy and expanded its air force (to deliver bombs) and its buildup of nuclear weapons. Eisenhower hoped that this would help end the Cold War and stop the spread of communism everywhere.
Eisenhower's policy of brinkmanship was issued very quickly after being elected. He strongly wanted to end communism as soon as possible.
Also early in his administration, Eisenhower embraced containment as the most important quality of his administration’s Soviet policy.
Another policy Eisenhower issued was named the Eisenhower Doctrine in 1957. This policy promised military and economic aid to anticommunist governments to help contain expansion of the Soviet sphere of influence, created US commitment to defend the Middle East against attack by any communist country.
Eisenhower knew that stronger countries would be able to defend themselves and steer communism out of the picture.
Author: Maddie D.