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 ...

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States ... 12,000 nuclear bombs that still exist. With the Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, President Harry S.

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.

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 ...

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’.

It has been 80 years since the term ‘Cold War’ entered the global lexicon to describe the ... American foreign policy shifted dramatically with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, which ...