What was the Truman doctrine?
The Truman Doctrine was a new American foreign policy, based on the ideas of the influential American diplomat George F. Kennan, that would work with it’s allies to “contain” the threat of further Soviet expansion. On March 12, 1947, Truman appeared before Congress and used Kennan’s ideas as the basis of what became known as the Truman Doctrine. It promised U.S. support for any democratic country threatened by foreign domination. The new doctrine emerged in part as a response to events in Europe in 1946. In Turkey, Stalin was trying to win control over the vital sea lanes in the Mediterranean. In Greece, communist forces were threatening the pro-Western government. Faced with these challenges, Truman decided to enunicate a firm new policy..
