1) What were the reasons that led the USA to getting involved in Greece and
Turkey?
Great Britain could no longer provide financial aid to the
governments of Greece and Turkey. American policymakers had been monitoring
Greece's crumbling economic and political conditions, especially the rise of the
Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front, or the
EAM/ELAS. The United States had also been following events in Turkey, where a
weak government faced Soviet pressure to share control of the strategic
Dardanelle Straits. When Britain announced that it would withdraw aid to Greece
and Turkey, the responsibility was passed on to the United States.
2) What is the Domino Theory and how does it relate to this circumstance?
If Greece and Turkey should fall, communism would likely spread south to Iran and as far east as India. And the US always wanted to prevent the communism spreading .
3) The Truman Doctrine can be called the beginning of Cold War Foreign
policy. Explain this.
The Truman Doctrine, that would guide U.S. diplomacy for the
next 40 years. President Truman declared, "It must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities or by outside pressures."
Turkey?
Great Britain could no longer provide financial aid to the
governments of Greece and Turkey. American policymakers had been monitoring
Greece's crumbling economic and political conditions, especially the rise of the
Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front, or the
EAM/ELAS. The United States had also been following events in Turkey, where a
weak government faced Soviet pressure to share control of the strategic
Dardanelle Straits. When Britain announced that it would withdraw aid to Greece
and Turkey, the responsibility was passed on to the United States.
2) What is the Domino Theory and how does it relate to this circumstance?
If Greece and Turkey should fall, communism would likely spread south to Iran and as far east as India. And the US always wanted to prevent the communism spreading .
3) The Truman Doctrine can be called the beginning of Cold War Foreign
policy. Explain this.
The Truman Doctrine, that would guide U.S. diplomacy for the
next 40 years. President Truman declared, "It must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities or by outside pressures."