President Truman feared the spread of Communism to Southeast Asia.
President Truman feared the spread of Communism to Southeast Asia.
No,Roosevelt was dead by then. You're thinking of President Truman.
in 1947 in Greece and turkey communism was a threat so president Truman established the Truman doctrine which provided economic and military aid to countries thretened by communism
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The Truman doctrine and containment had on common threat, communism. The truman doctrine wanted to help any country threatened by commmunism. Containment was about stopping communism from spreading especially in the U.S.
President Truman refused Ho Chi Minh's request for help against the French because Truman viewed France as a vital ally in the struggle against the spread of communism in postwar Europe. He also was unwilling to back the Vietminh because of Ho's Communist Party connections.
If you're talking about the US containment of Communism during the cold war it was known as the Truman Doctrine. President Truman promised to contain the spread of communism across the world, and that the US would help any country that had pressure from Communism whether it be external or internal. The US produced the Marshal Plan to stop Communism spreading in Europe because Communism came to poor people. The Marshal Plan meant that the US would provide any country who wanted help with money, advisers, natural resources, and industrial equipment. Stalin banned the Communist Eastern European countries from taking the Marshal Plan. In Asia the US followed the Truman Doctrine by helping, South Korea in the Korean War, and South Vietnam in the Vietnam War. In both cases, the Communist north attempted to capture the Capitalist south. Also when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, President Carter (and later President Reagan) provided the Mujahadin, who were fighting the USSR, with weapons.
President Truman helped to create the nation of Israel.
An effort by President Truman to find communists within the American government because of the increasing communist fear, Truman established the Loyalty Review Board to help find communism within American politics.
The policy of the United States to provide aid to countries attempting to prevent a communist takeover was called the Truman Doctrine. Harry S. Truman was America's 33rd President.
In 1947, USA president Harry S. Truman came up with a Doctrine (the Truman Doctrine). It declared the the USA will help any country fight and break free from Communism. Therefore, one the Communist North Vietnam invaded the anticommunist South Vietnam, the USA had to get involved and 'help' the South. The Americans feared the if Vietnam will turn communist, the communism will spread with the Domino effect to the rest of Asia. It resulted in USA loosing the war BIG TIME.