For the sake of Democracy Truman appealed to the United States congress to try and do something to save Democracy and hold of Communism. He asked to support Turkey and Greece and secure them as Democratic nations by getting them out of political arrest. The most important thing to the United States at this time was that no other nations would become communist. The Truman Doctrine was seen as one of the first American aims to contain communism and not allow it to spread any further into other nations. It was America's duty to help other countries that are fighting for the same things as America and help them in any way possible. Truman wanted to support these nations both economically and militarily. Greece had been badly damaged due to the war and Turkey was struggling as well so they were easy targets for communist countries to take over. This document was an important start to the containment of communism that would be prevalent in the Cold War.
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