Truman Doctrine

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Truman Doctrine

Causes

  • Truman was incredibly concerned about the attractiveness of communism, it meant that everyone had enough
  • The Soviet Union was gaining influence over Eastern Europe by 1947 all Eastern Europe states were part of the USSR apart from Czechoslovakia

Effects

  • The Marshall plan
  • Cominform and Comecon

Overall summary

What actually happened?-in 1947 president Truman gave a speech stating that communism was bad and that the USA were willing to stop the expansion of communism by any means possible

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