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Dr. Vidhya answered on
Nov 29 2021
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Introduction
Historical evidences justify that wars have their specific consequences over the common lives; while wars in the 20th century are fought with technical warfare, the events of Cold War put the entire course of American and European history at the verge of conflicting notions among historians. There are two segments that oppose or support the ideologies of USSR and United States. The rise of Soviet Union after the World War II was over did something intriguing to the rest of the world; it was the onset of the communism expansion into Europe. Thus, due to the obligation which United States had taken over during and after the World War II, this expansion was to be restricted.[footnoteRef:2] However, to take controlling measures against the strong and authoritative military strength of Soviet Union was not an easy task to accomplish. To ensure the success of its policies, Truman government of that time took initiatives like Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan which were the indicators of US interventions in Europe and they ultimately became the points of conflict in the form of Cold War in 1947. [2: Pearson, My History Lab, 2009]
Sources to the Rise of Diplomatic Intervention
At first, it is significant to note here that in Europe, the United States participated in an aggressive collective security policy that contributed directly to tensions rising, sparking the Cold War. The United States implemented containment policies after the Second World War that opposed former concepts of isolation in order to preserve global peace.[footnoteRef:3] When World War II got over, European nations literally did not pay attention to safeguard their borders with strict authorities and thus, they allowed Soviet Union to expand its te
itorial strength in Europe. The following analysis adheres to a postmodern understanding of this issue, arguing that while the United States did not explicitly plan to
ing about the Cold War, Europe's containment policies were unjustified and led to an unnecessary escalation of tensions. United States, under the governance of Truman, was able to supplicate the needs and expectations of the European nations that were weak in economy and in military strength and it posed direct threat to the control of Soviet Union in it. The Soviet Union was therefore, justified in reacting, which contributed directly to the start of the Cold War.[footnoteRef:4] [3: Ibid, 2009] [4: Pearson, My History Lab, 2009]
Truman Doctrine: Impacts, Sources and Consequences
The Truman Doctrine is one of the major concepts that historians tend to argue over; it is the policy framework with the help of which, the tensions between United States and USSR grew in the aftermath of World War II. In fact, with his rising to power in 1947, Truman actually became instrumental in terms of interpreting the role of United States in the foreign affairs. The results of the World War II had already proved communism as one of the major threats to democracy. [footnoteRef:5]The ideals of communism perceive border expansions and gaining total control through military interventions. Thus, it was implied that global alliances will be formed with a view to monitor and regulate—or if possible, to eliminate—communism from the world. Truman Doctrine stands for the diplomatic perception of President Truman who set up the ideal platform where he sought global alliance against ending communist philosophy.[footnoteRef:6] He literally ensured that United States was against all forces of communism and the nation was ready to participate in any intervention that was necessary to begin the process of elimination[footnoteRef:7]. The doctrine was established on March 12, 1947 and was improved on July 4, 1948. The purpose of the doctrine was to contain the communism spread throughout the cold world war. [footnoteRef:8]The doctrine indicated the support the American support to be offered to other nation’s threatened by Soviet geopolitical growth. The American provided economic and financial support to the people of Greece, Turkey and others nation together with their militaries.[footnoteRef:9] [5: Ibid, 2009] [6: Williams, 2017, Revisiting the Cold War in Latin America, Latin American Research Review, 52(5)] [7: Pearson, My History Lab, 2009] [8: Mandelbaum, 2016, Mission Failure: America and the world in the post-Cold War era] [9: Pearson, My History Lab, 2009]
The first major intervention of Truman Doctrine was to prevent South Korea to be unified under one flag and one national value that was driven by communist values. The intervention resulted in an ongoing conflict between the Asian powers and United States, the powers that believed foreign interventions at their lands as uninvited and unexpected. The monopolistic approach of United States was somehow visible in the foreign interventions; prior to the thought that the isolation of United States will take place in the aftermath of the World War II.[footnoteRef:10] [10: Ibid, 2009]
Apart from the negative consequences associated with the Truman Doctrine, not always, the objectives of Truman were against the global development. There were nations like Greece and Turkey that were suffering on economical grounds after the World War II was over. Greece was in the middle of internal warfare between the government and the Communist rebels in 1947 Britain had financed the counte
evolutionaries, but ultimately declared that for economic reasons, it could no longer do so. The U.S. government claimed to Congress that the collapse of Greece to Communism would eventually lead to the eventual fall of Italy, France, and even to Communism in the Middle East.[footnoteRef:11] Truman managed to secure $400 million in Congressional authorization to fund anti-Communist rebels in both Greece and Turkey as well. This was the first application of what came to be known as the Truman Doctrine, according to which the policy of the United States would be to help free individuals who oppose attempted subjugation by armed minorities or external pressures.[footnoteRef:12] [11: Ibid, 2009] [12: Pearson, My History Lab, 2009]
The Truman Doctrine was officially based on economic...