CHAPTER 3: THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE AND THE MARSHALL PLAN
1945-1953
1945-1949
3. THE MARSHALL PLAN: 1948 1. CONTAINMENT 2. THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE: 1945 4. DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
CONTAINMENT
$400 MILLION TO GREECE AND TURKEY THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE: 1945 $400 MILLION TO GREECE AND TURKEY - NO TROOPS - JUST $$$$ - TO FIGHT COMMUNISM
GREEK COMMUNISTS
Greek King (George II)
AMERICA CHOSE A MONARCHY INSTEAD OF COMMUNISM THAT MEANS: AMERICA CHOSE A MONARCHY INSTEAD OF COMMUNISM
THE MARSHALL PLAN
Chief of the whole US Army during WWII George C. Marshall Chief of the whole US Army during WWII Became Harry Truman’s Secretary of State .
EACH COUNTRY’S ALLOCATION England: 1 billion France: 2.5 billion Italy: I BILLION NETHERLAND 1.2 BILLION West Germany: 500 million Holland: 400 million Russia: NOTHIN!!!
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY