Communism and The Truman Doctrine

E. Canterbery ()

Chapter 7 in Harry S Truman:The Economics of a Populist President, 2014, pp 111-126 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Harry S. Truman was very busy during his first days in the White House. In 1946 it seemed that the Communist menace was everywhere. The Soviets were threatening Turkey and Greece. Moreover, they loomed over a devastated Eastern and Western Europe. In Asia, Communism in China was flexing its muscles. The immediate Communist threat was at home, or so it was thought. In any case, it was something President Truman could not ignore. The Republicans would not let him.

Keywords: Harry S Truman; Bessie Wallace (Mrs Truman); the Whistle-Stop Campaign; President's Council of Econmics Advisers (CEA); Employment Act of 1946; Progressive populist; Progressivism; McCarthyism; War and peace; Democrats; Republicans; Keynesian economics; Communism; Iron Curtain; Stalin; New Deal; Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Korean Warl Cold War; George C Marshall; Dwight D Eisenhower; Gerhard Colm; World War One; World War Two; Great Depression; Roaring Twenties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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