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Chapter 1 - China 1839-60 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 2 - The Opening Of China To Foreigners 1860-1901 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 3 - Defeat & Revolution 1901-25 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 4 - Nationalists & Communists 1924-45 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 5 - The Japanese Threat & Communist Takeover 1931-49 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 6 - China & The Wider World 1949-76 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 7 - Government, Economy & Society Under Mao After 1949 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 8 - The Cultural Revolution 1966 -76 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 9 - Deng Xiaoping
Chapter 10 - China & The Wider World 1978-97 (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 11 - Concluding Survey (China 1839-1997)
Chapter 12 - Jews, Arabs & The British 1900-39 (Middle East)
Chapter 13 - The Birth Of Isreal 1939-49 (Middle East)
Chapter 14 - Arab-Israeli Wars In 1956, 1967, & 1973 (Middle East)
Chapter 15 - Nasser, Egypt & Arab Nationalism (Middle East)
Chapter 16 - The Palestinian Problem (Middle East)
Chapter 17 - The Challenges Of Peace-Making 1991-2008: Israelis & Palestinians (Middle East)
Chapter 18 - The Iran-Iraq War 1980-8 (Middle East)
Chapter 19 - Iraq & The West 1988-2008 (Middle East)
Chapter 20 - From Arab Nationalism To IsIamic Fundamentalism (Middle East)
Chapter 21 - Truman (Cold War 1945- 81)
Chapter 22 - The Korean War (Cold War 1945-81)
Chapter 23 - Eisenhower & Dulles (Cold war 1945 -81)
Chapter 25 - Kennedy To Carter (Cold War 1945-81)
Chapter 26 - Weimar Germany - 1918-1933 (European States)
Chapter 27 - Hitler’s Germany - 1933-1939 (European States)
Chapter 28 - Italy - 1918-1922 (European States)
Chapter 29 - Mussolini’s Italy - 1922-1939 (European States)
Chapter 30 - Spain - 1918-1936 (European States)
Chapter 31 - The Spanish Civil War - 1936-1939 (European States)
Chapter 32 - The Soviet Union - 1918-1929 (European States)
Chapter 33 - The Soviet Union - 1929-1939 (European States)
History HL
Chapter 21 - Truman (Cold War 1945- 81)
The Truman Doctrine Containment & Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean
467 words
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Last edited on 16th Oct 2024
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📜 Main Idea: The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy that marked the start of the US's strategy of containment during the early Cold War period.
✨ Fun Fact! Imagine the US and USSR as two kids in a sandbox. The US spots the USSR trying to grab more toys (countries). To stop this, the US creates an invisible line around certain toys and says, "Hey, no grabbing beyond this line!" That's containment!
Origins of the Containment Strategy
- 💌 Long Telegram of 1946: This is where the idea of containment starts bubbling. Think of this as an early warning sign of the USSR's ambitions.
- 🗓 Truman Doctrine's Official Debut: March 1947, during a speech to Congress.
- 💡 Reasons for Containment:
- Misunderstandings between the US and USSR.
- Events in Iran and the Eastern Mediterranean hinted at possible Soviet expansion.
Global Playground Drama: The Mediterranean Situation
- 🇬🇷 Greek Civil War: Two sides fighting: monarchists (with fancy crowns) 🤴 vs. communists (with hammer & sickle) 🔨.
- The British were helping the monarchists but decided to peace out due to financial woes.
- Truman's suspicion: "Is Stalin secretly funding the Greek communists?"
- 🇹🇷 Turkey's Tug-of-War: USSR wanted to set up naval bases and control part of the Turkish Straits (think of them as super important water slides).
- If the Eastern Mediterranean fell to the USSR, it would be like giving them the biggest toy in the sandbox!
- Truman's counter-move: Proposing $400 million to assist Greece and Turkey.
- 🚨 Plot Twist: It wasn't primarily Stalin helping the Greek communists but Tito from Yugoslavia. It's like finding out it wasn't the school bully, but the quiet kid in the corner!
Congressional Challenges and Global Reactions
- 🚫 Getting the Bill Through: It's like trying to convince your friends to follow a new game rule. Even Truman's own team (Democratic Party) had doubters like Henry Wallace.
- Wallace's view: "Calling Turkish or Greek governments 'democratic' is like calling a fish a bird!"
- 🇷🇺 Stalin's Take: He felt the US was trying to stretch the Monroe Doctrine (an old US policy of "Stay out of our hemisphere") to other parts of the worl
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Chapter 21 - Truman (Cold War 1945- 81)
The Truman Doctrine Containment & Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean
467 words
3 mins read
Last edited on 16th Oct 2024
Table of content
📜 Main Idea: The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy that marked the start of the US's strategy of containment during the early Cold War period.
✨ Fun Fact! Imagine the US and USSR as two kids in a sandbox. The US spots the USSR trying to grab more toys (countries). To stop this, the US creates an invisible line around certain toys and says, "Hey, no grabbing beyond this line!" That's containment!
Origins of the Containment Strategy
- 💌 Long Telegram of 1946: This is where the idea of containment starts bubbling. Think of this as an early warning sign of the USSR's ambitions.
- 🗓 Truman Doctrine's Official Debut: March 1947, during a speech to Congress.
- 💡 Reasons for Containment:
- Misunderstandings between the US and USSR.
- Events in Iran and the Eastern Mediterranean hinted at possible Soviet expansion.
Global Playground Drama: The Mediterranean Situation
- 🇬🇷 Greek Civil War: Two sides fighting: monarchists (with fancy crowns) 🤴 vs. communists (with hammer & sickle) 🔨.
- The British were helping the monarchists but decided to peace out due to financial woes.
- Truman's suspicion: "Is Stalin secretly funding the Greek communists?"
- 🇹🇷 Turkey's Tug-of-War: USSR wanted to set up naval bases and control part of the Turkish Straits (think of them as super important water slides).
- If the Eastern Mediterranean fell to the USSR, it would be like giving them the biggest toy in the sandbox!
- Truman's counter-move: Proposing $400 million to assist Greece and Turkey.
- 🚨 Plot Twist: It wasn't primarily Stalin helping the Greek communists but Tito from Yugoslavia. It's like finding out it wasn't the school bully, but the quiet kid in the corner!
Congressional Challenges and Global Reactions
- 🚫 Getting the Bill Through: It's like trying to convince your friends to follow a new game rule. Even Truman's own team (Democratic Party) had doubters like Henry Wallace.
- Wallace's view: "Calling Turkish or Greek governments 'democratic' is like calling a fish a bird!"
- 🇷🇺 Stalin's Take: He felt the US was trying to stretch the Monroe Doctrine (an old US policy of "Stay out of our hemisphere") to other parts of the worl
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