Title: how did the us attempt to stop the spread of communism influence international security? | camimartinez92
Headings: how did the us attempt to stop the spread of communism influence international security?
how did the us attempt to stop the spread of communism influence international security?
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Content: The Plan Marshall helped sixteen European countries to regulate their economy but also increased the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union because of the rejection of the Marshall Plan from the Soviet Union. There are also four other events that influenced in the international security, those are: the intervention of the United States in South Korea, the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, the Eisenhower doctrine and the construction of the Berlin Wall. On the first event, the United States sends troops to South Korea, with the purpose to stop the North Korean government of taking over the country. According to Henry Kissinger, the main interest of the United States was to show to the world that any aggression was going to be punished. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was created by President Eisenhower, as a part of the Truman Doctrine. The purpose of this organization was to stop the spread of the communist ideology in this part of the world. For this purpose the members of the organization were going to establish anti-communist bilateral and collective defense treaties. The Eisenhower doctrine was based on the fact that any Middle Eastern country could have military or economic aid of they needed to resist the communists
And finally, one of the most important events was the construction of the Berlin Wall. This made the division between communists and capitalists bigger and therefore the threat of a armed conflict was also bigger.