Cold War Questions
1) What were the reasons that led the USA to getting involved in Greece and Turkey?
Great Britain could no longer finance the governments of Greece and Turkey and passed the responsibility to the US. Greece's political and economic conditions were collapsing due to the Communist rebellion of the National Liberation Front. Turkey was pressured by the Soviets to share control of the Dardanelle Straits.
2) What is the Domino Theory and how does it relate to this circumstance?
The domino theory is a theory which was promoted by American foreign policy analysts during the 1950s and 1960s. According to the theory, nations on the borders of communist nations could be considered under threat, potentially falling like dominoes to communist influence and setting up a situation in which communism would rapidly spread across a region or perhaps even an entire continent. As late as the 1980s, the domino theory was revived to justify American intervention overseas.
3) The Truman Doctrine can be called the beginning of Cold War Foreign policy. Explain this.
The Truman Doctrine called for the stop of communism. Tuman’s adoption of the containment doctrine and his characterization of the Communist threat shaped American foreign policy for the subsequent four decades.
Great Britain could no longer finance the governments of Greece and Turkey and passed the responsibility to the US. Greece's political and economic conditions were collapsing due to the Communist rebellion of the National Liberation Front. Turkey was pressured by the Soviets to share control of the Dardanelle Straits.
2) What is the Domino Theory and how does it relate to this circumstance?
The domino theory is a theory which was promoted by American foreign policy analysts during the 1950s and 1960s. According to the theory, nations on the borders of communist nations could be considered under threat, potentially falling like dominoes to communist influence and setting up a situation in which communism would rapidly spread across a region or perhaps even an entire continent. As late as the 1980s, the domino theory was revived to justify American intervention overseas.
3) The Truman Doctrine can be called the beginning of Cold War Foreign policy. Explain this.
The Truman Doctrine called for the stop of communism. Tuman’s adoption of the containment doctrine and his characterization of the Communist threat shaped American foreign policy for the subsequent four decades.