In the 1940's, Truman saw the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan essential for what?
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May 3, 2016
These plans were installed to help the Europeans for aid after the war. However, this aid wasn't just provided for nothing. Truman installed these plans specifically for the policy of containment of communism. He basically wanted to get on the European's good side so that communism wouldn't spread to those countries that liked the US.