America and WWII

There were several plans on strategy that were used for confronting the Cold War and the Truman Doctrine should be the first factor of these plans that should be examined . This Doctrine was the informal declaration of cold war against the Soviet Union . Problems in Greece began this whole scenario when Britain could no longer give aid to fight the communistic oppression Greece was facing . With the crisis in Greece , Truman was able to secure congressional approval and develop a policy of containment . This containment was a separation in American foreign policy

and created a new course in American Diplomacy . It was a chance for Truman to secure congressional approval and to create a national agreement for the policy of containment . It only took two years to end this civil war in Greece , but American commitment to stop the expansion of communism put the United States at odds with the Soviet Union and was the beginning of the Cold War (815

Another strategy was the Marshall Plan this outline gave extensive economic aid to all the nations of Europe if they could reach an agreement on ways of achieving the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist (816 . The Russians saw this as a way to weaken Soviet control over Eastern Europe and avoided any involvement in the plan . Because of growing resentment and discontent in Europe , especially in Italy and France communism was gaining voting strength . If the United States didn 't do something to reverse this process the fear of the region becoming communist might become a reality . Congress responded by appointing a special joint committee to investigate . The Marshall Plan was thought to stimulate trade with Europe and keep the Soviet expansion in check . In 1948 Congress approved the plan after the war scare in Czech (816 ) and American investment generated an industrial revival in Western Europe that helped the countries become self-reliant by the 1950 's . Once the threat of communism was gone Europe became prosperous and a gold mine for American farmers , miners and manufacturers

The third approach for confronting the Cold war was the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO . This came about because of the fears of Russian military aggression . It was security for Western Europe that the United States would protect them from attack just when they were economically recovering . Truman wanted a pact that would give broader defenses that included the United States as well as ten other European nations . There were two main features the first was the commitment of the U .S . to help in defending Europe and the second was that the U .S . would honor this commitment . There were really no hard evidence that Russia was planning an invasion of Europe and this plan only helped to increase the level of tension between the U .S . and Russia

There were several things that could have happened...