The Truman Doctrine states that the U.S. would provide help
and security to struggling European nations. This doctrine was an American
policy made in 1947 issued by President Harry S. Truman. The two European
nations struggling back then was Greece and Turkey, both threatened by the
expansion of Communism. The doctrine states that the U.S. will provide Greece
and Turkey the necessary economic and military aid to remedy their problems. This
policy started the fire of stopping Soviet expansion but led to the beginning of
the Cold War.