Title: How did the US prevent Communism in the US - A-Level History - Marked by Teachers.com
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How did the US prevent Communism in the US
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Also under Truman, the US was able to assist people in Berlin through the Berlin airlift. This was a huge success, and perhaps one of the main reasons that the United States were able to slow and then stop the growth of Communism. In conclusion, during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, the policy of containment was used to try and save the free world from the threat of Communism. Both presidents faced criticism at the time, because they put peace on the line to prove the superiority of socialist ideals. In the end, the decades of hard work paid off, and the Capitalists had officially defeated the threat of Communism. Although the United States successfully stopped Communism, they were not perfect. When Truman helped Greece and Turkey under his doctrine, there were numerous other countries in which Communists were convincing starving, underfed people that Communism was the right thing. In the end, however, the US was very successful in preventing the world-wide spread of Communism. \ ... read more. The above preview is unformatted text
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