Title: How did the U.S attempt to stop the spread of communism and influence international security? | andreck04
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How did the U.S attempt to stop the spread of communism and influence international security?
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How did the U.S attempt to stop the spread of communism and influence international security? Posted on March 26, 2013
by andreck04
The main characteristic of the Cold War was the ideological confrontation between the United States (capitalists) and Soviet (communist). Each bloc led by Harry S. Truman and Josef Stalin. The main objective was to establish their ideologies and economic systems around the world, but in the case of United States concern was that communism would spread and grow their influence. Truman therefore developed some policies to prevent this expansion. The first known as Marshall Plan “Officially known as the European Recovery Program (ERP), the Marshall Plan was intended to rebuild the economies and spirits of western Europe, primarily. Marshall was convinced the key to restoration of political stability lay in the revitalization of national economies. Further he saw political stability in Western Europe as a key to blunting the advances of communism in that region, sixteen nations, including Germany, became part of the program and shaped the assistance they required, state by state, with administrative and technical assistance provided through the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) of the United States. European nations received nearly $13 billion in aid, which initially resulted in shipments of food, staples, fuel and machinery from the United States and later resulted in investment in industrial capacity in Europe.