The US Cultural and Military Actions in the Cold War

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The US Cultural and Military Actions in the Cold War
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The World War II was fought between the Unites States allied with the Soviet Union
against the Axis powers. However, their relationship was undergoing a lot of tension.
President Harry Truman designed a policy of containment, known as Truman Doctrine on
12th March 1947, which aimed at countering the geopolitical expansion of the Soviet Union
during the Cold War (Foner). According to the doctrine, US was supposed to provide
political, military and economic aid to the democratic nations who were intimidated under
dictatorial forces, to prevent them from entering into the Soviet sphere.
Truman’s domestic policies included his gallant attempt at rationalizing the
agricultural production of the nation. It involved direct subsidies for the smaller units, instead
of the governmental loans. The Deal proposed full employment, and impartial employment
practice bills, and also a compensation program as well as growth of natural resources.
Truman also promised in his domestic policies an increase in the social security of the
nations, an associated aid to education, as well as a compulsory health insurance. There was
another grave domestic issue during the Truman administration (Foner). The Republicans had
accused the President of supportive of corruption. The President thus had to deal with the
Communism charges against him. The plea was made during the emergency of the Greek
Civil war. According to him, Greek and Turkey were in much need of the assistance or else
they would have fallen into the consequences of communion. The doctrine granted $300
million to Greece and $100 million to Turkey for military and economic assistance (Foner).
It was mere replacement of the British aid since Britain was unable to provide any sort of

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financial assistance to Greece. Truman had said that if the domestic policies is known to a
politician, it will be easier for him to learn the foreign policies. He incorporated the American
democratic ideal that anybody had the power and ability to become the president of United
States.
Truman’s speech was in a language that could be apprehended by the Americans. His
declamation established “the guiding spirit of American Foreign Policy” (Foner). His foreign
policies were successful in containment of communion and both the Republicans and the
Democrats in Congress were persuaded to assist his policy (Foner). The speech led an
exemplar for the American help throughout the globe to anti-Communist regimes, and for a
set of military alliance worldwide against the Soviet Union. There was also the development
of new national security bodies which were not subjected to democratic supervision, such as
the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence
Agency(CIA),the last to collect intelligence and perform covert military activities overseas, w
as quickly pursued (Foner). The prime agenda in Truman’s foreign policy had been the
decision that America could use nuclear weapons against Japan. He dropped the atomic
nuclear bombs on the two Japanese cities, Hiroshima on 6th August and Nagasaki on 9th
August 1945. (Foner). He also had decided to alter the American standpoint in the
international affairs. America had gained momentum from abstention to participation of
matters. This change altered the American’s viewpoints of Truman and he was considered as
one of the greatest Presidents of all times. The economic and political chaos that US had been