Keeping Hope Alive: The Greek Situation and the Development of the Truman Doctrine

Abstract

After World War II the United States abandoned its isolationist policy and started involving themselves more in world affairs. The Truman Doctrine- written specifically to deal with the Greek Civil War- later became the unofficial foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War. The Doctrine came at the at a time when the United States began to The Doctrine went through many different changes before President Truman's joint address to the House and the Senate. These changes would dictate what American foreign policy would become and would influence the paths of many different countries, starting with Greece.