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Truman doctrine

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Noun1.Truman doctrine - President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideologyTruman doctrine - President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
foreign policy - a policy governing international relations


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He implemented an international order of institutions by establishing the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund; successfully launched the Berlin airlift; enacted the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan; reorganized the Defense Department; established the United States' first permanent alliance structure (NATO); and initiated the policy of containment against the Soviet Union.
No wonder that even the First Family is getting into the act, planting the first White House kitchen garden since before the Truman Doctrine.
The authors also argue that the 'Bush Doctrine' has no really thought-out alternative and will, in the end, be triumphant as was the Truman Doctrine.
 
 
 
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