Narrator: After World War Two, a 45-year struggle ... looked to recover from the war. Harry Truman gave a notable speech in 1947 called the ‘Truman Doctrine’. In this speech, he pledged ...

Kennan's observations led to the American policy of Soviet containment, which was formalized in Truman Doctrine of March ... dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.

Greece was embroiled in a civil war ... Truman took Vandenberg’s advice. On March 12, 1947, he appeared before a joint session of Congress and laid out what become known as the Truman Doctrine ...

and also played roles in both World Wars and the Cold War. From 1946 through 1952, President Harry Truman used this house as his winter vacation home and because he spent 175 days of his ...