Truman Doctrine

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Cold War policy United States foreign policy doctrine

The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy announced in 1947 that committed the United States to providing political, military, and economic assistance to countries threatened by communism, marking the start of the Cold War containment strategy.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Truman Doctrine canonical	29
Cold War containment policy	2
Cold War containment doctrine	1
Truman Doctrine announcement	1
Truman Doctrine announcement of 1947	1
Truman Doctrine policy	1
Truman Doctrine speech	1
Truman’s address to a joint session of Congress	1
United States containment policy	1
the Truman Doctrine	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War policy ⓘ United States foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
aidAmount	400 million U.S. dollars to Greece and Turkey ⓘ
announcedAt	United States Congress ⓘ
announcedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
announcedIn	Truman Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Truman’s address to a joint session of Congress
announcedOn	1947-03-12 ⓘ
appliesTo	Greece ⓘ Turkey ⓘ countries threatened by communism ⓘ post-World War II international order ⓘ
appliesToRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Europe ⓘ global ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	cornerstone of American Cold War policy ⓘ de facto declaration of Cold War ⓘ
followedBy	Marshall Plan ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
hasEffect	expansion of U.S. global commitments ⓘ increased U.S. involvement in Europe and the Mediterranean ⓘ militarization of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ precedent for U.S. intervention in other regions ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
ideologicalBasis	anticommunism ⓘ defense of free institutions ⓘ
implementedBy	economic aid ⓘ military assistance ⓘ political support ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
legalForm	congressional authorization of aid ⓘ
mainPurpose	containment of communism ⓘ support free peoples resisting subjugation ⓘ
motivatedBy	British withdrawal of aid to Greece and Turkey ⓘ Greek Civil War ⓘ fear of Soviet expansion ⓘ
namedAfter	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
opposedBy	some isolationist members of U.S. Congress ⓘ
partOf	Cold War strategy of the United States ⓘ U.S. containment policy ⓘ
politicalContext	beginning of U.S. containment strategy ⓘ early Cold War ⓘ
relatedTo	Domino theory ⓘ Marshall Plan ⓘ NSC-68 ⓘ Policy of containment ⓘ
statedBy	“It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” ⓘ
supportedBy	bipartisan coalition in U.S. Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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President Harry S. Truman → implementedPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry S. Truman

Marshall Plan → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Truman Doctrine → announcedIn → Truman Doctrine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truman’s address to a joint session of Congress

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum → focusesOn → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

containment → coreComponentOf → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Containment

Harry → implementedPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry S. Truman

Point Four Program → associatedWithPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Cold War → hasKeyDocument → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

NSC-68 → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States containment policy

Greek Civil War → significantEvent → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truman Doctrine announcement

Greek Civil War → involves → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Long Telegram → influenced → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Cold War cooperation → isEmbodiedIn → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Eisenhower Doctrine → follows → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Greek National Army → receivedAidUnder → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Mutual Security Act extensions → mainSubject → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War containment policy

Mutual Security Act extensions → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Truman administration → foreignPolicyDoctrine → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Kennan’s Long Telegram → influenced → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Truman Doctrine

United States foreign policy → historicalDoctrine → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

United States foreign policy → era → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War containment policy

Progressive Party (United States, 1948) → opposedPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Nixon Doctrine → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Harry S. Truman for his advocacy of national health insurance → notableFor → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry S. Truman

Carter Doctrine → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Cold War rhetoric → hasNotableExample → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truman Doctrine speech

Cold War liberalism → influencedBy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Cold War liberalism → supportsProgram → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Pax Americana → supportedByPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Wallace Progressive Party → opposedPolicy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

United States interventions in Latin America → hasDoctrinalBasis → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

book "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department" → describesEvent → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department

United States military mission in Greece → partOf → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truman Doctrine policy

United States military mission in Greece → legalBasis → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Truman Doctrine announcement of 1947

United Kingdom military mission in Greece → relatedTo → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Battle of Grammos → relatedEvent → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

Richard Perle → influencedBy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War containment doctrine

MSP → influencedBy → Truman Doctrine ⓘ

subject surface form: Mutual Security Program