Truman, standing at podium, addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber in Washington, D.C., March 12, 1947. AP Photo The applicability of the Truman Doctrine to the West's present ...

Even at the height of the Cold War, when America's foreign policy ... Whether it was the Marshall Plan or the Truman Doctrine, Old Rightists warned that foreign aid enmeshed the United States ...

The meeting underlined the differences between the Allied powers, and set the stage for a post-war "cold" war that would ... which was formalized in Truman Doctrine of March 12, 1947.

The Cold War period largely spans from the end of World War II in 1945 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Narrator: After World War Two, a 45-year struggle for global supremacy emerged: the Cold War ... Harry Truman gave a notable speech in 1947 called the ‘Truman Doctrine’.