Meaning of Truman Doctrine | Babel Free

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A policy of that America will support democracies under authoritarianism.

historical, rare

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“The US was concerned that European powers might try⟳ to recolonise Latin America, and the Monroe Doctrine stated that any such attempt⟳ would be regarded as aggression against the United States itself.”

“[I]n one sense⟳, the Monroe Doctrine, although originally only applicable to the Western hemisphere, is a precedent for the Truman doctrine. The Monroe Doctrine […] was designed to exclude⟳ European colonization and European systems from any portion of the western hemisphere [and] promised that America would [do likewise to Europe]. It has been suggested that President Truman has merely projected the Monroe Doctrine into […] the atomic age. […] President Truman's proposal could also be interpreted as running counter to the [idea] that America would not interfere⟳ with Europe.”

“These policies [which Truman says have⟳ "averted World War III" and "attain[ed] peace" in his farewell address]—notably, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan⟳, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—and the geopolitical conditions they created made up […] the strategy of containment.”

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