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- President Harry S . Truman launched the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine in the first years of his administration, when Republicans controlled Congress.
- By April 1947, Truman already had announced the Truman Doctrine on foreign policy and appeared intent on running for the Democratic nomination in 1948.
- He helped create the United Nations, formulated the Truman Doctrine to contain communist aggression and sponsored the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-battered Western Europe.
- The Truman Doctrine of 1947 provided military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to counteract the threat of Communist expansion in the Balkans.
- The year HUAC began investigating Hollywood is often considered the beginning of the Cold War, as in March 1947, the Truman Doctrine was announced.
- The twin policies of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan led to billions in economic and military aid for Western Europe, Greece, and Turkey.
- In 1947 the United States in what became known as the Truman Doctrine declared its support the Greek government in its war against Communist guerrillas.
- During the late 1940s, his writings inspired the Truman Doctrine and the U . S . foreign policy of " containing " the Soviet Union.
- In light of the developing Cold War and following the statement of the Truman Doctrine, the US wished to make those new anti-communist commitments permanent.
- -- " Cold War " 8 p . m . EDT on CNN _ This installment looks at the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine.