Failing to heed the lesson so clearly contained in the satellite treaties, President Truman re-declared the Cold War on March 12, 1947, in the Truman Doctrine, exactly one week after the Herald Tribune editorial was written, and a year after the Cold War had been announced by Churchill at Fulton, Missouri, in Truman's presence.

* Truman Doctrine

The Cold War ( 1947 – 1953 ) is the period within the Cold War from the Truman Doctrine in 1947 to the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953.

In a June 5, 1947 speech, comporting with the Truman Doctrine, Marshall announced a comprehensive program of American assistance to all European countries wanting to participate, including the Soviet Union and those of Eastern Europe, called the Marshall Plan.

Calling on congressional approval for the United States to " support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures ," or in short a policy of " containment ", Truman articulated a presentation of the ideological struggle that became known as the " Truman Doctrine.

After the war, the U. S. rose to become the dominant non-colonial economic power with broad influence in much of the world, with the key policies of the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine.

* 1947 – Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine.

With a Communist insurgency threatening Greece, and Britain financially unable to continue its aid, the President announced his Truman Doctrine on 12 March 1947, " to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures ", with an aid request for consideration and decision, concerning Greece and Turkey.

The first substantial aid went to Greece and Turkey in January 1947, which were seen as the front line of the battle against communist expansion, and were already receiving aid under the Truman Doctrine.

* Disassemblement as part of the industrial plans for Germany ; dismantling was stopped in West Germany in 1951 according to the Truman Doctrine, whereafter East Germany had to cope with the impact alone.

The act and its changes, along with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, were major components of the Truman administration's Cold War strategy.

Dewey, however, supported the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, recognition of Israel, and the Berlin airlift.

; Doctrines: Truman Doctrine, Reagan Doctrine, Clinton Doctrine, Bush Doctrine, Powell Doctrine, Wolfowitz Doctrine, Obama Doctrine,

Following the Iran crisis of 1946, Harry Truman declared what became known as the Truman Doctrine in 1947, promising to contribute financial aid to Greece and Turkey following World War II, in the hope that this would impede the advancement of Communism into Western Europe.

The campaign strategy, dubbed " K < sub > 1 </ sub > C < sub > 2 </ sub >", was to focus on attacking the Truman and Roosevelt administrations on three issues: Korea, Communism and corruption.

During the period of McCarthyism ( 1950 – 1954 ), Humphrey was accused of being " soft on Communism ", despite having been one of the founders of the anti-communist liberal organization Americans for Democratic Action, having been a staunch supporter of the Truman Administration's efforts to combat the growth of the Soviet Union, and having fought Communist political activities in Minnesota and elsewhere.

Truman insisted that if Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid that they needed, they would inevitably fall to Communism with consequences throughout the region.

Truman and his advisors regarded this goal as unrealizable, but the theme of losing China to international Communism was quite prominent in public opinion at the time, and the Truman Administration was criticized by anti-Communists for preventing any attempt by Chiang Kai-shek's forces to liberate mainland China.

The domestic policies advocated by the adherents of the New Politics movement stressed strong support for civil rights legislation, while in foreign affairs the movement favored a less aggressive posture toward the Soviet Union ( criticizing " Cold War liberals " within the party such as Harry Truman and Dean Acheson ), prompting its critics to accuse it of being " soft on Communism.

Thus it was the British Labour government — which embraced socialism — that pushed the Truman administration in 1945 – 47 to take a strong stand against Soviet Communism.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is similar in name to the Medal of Freedom established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to honor civilian service during World War II, but much closer in meaning and precedence to the Medal for Merit: the Presidential Medal of Freedom is currently the supreme civilian decoration in precedence, whereas the Medal of Freedom was inferior in precedence to the Medal for Merit ; the Medal of Freedom was awarded by any of three Cabinet secretaries, whereas the Medal for Merit was ( and the PMOF is ) awarded by the president.

President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 onboard this C-54 Skymaster | VC-54C Presidential transport, the first aircraft used for the role of Air Force One

From left: President Harry S. Truman, Vice Presidential nominee Alabama United States Senate | Senator John J. Sparkman and Presidential nominee, Governor of Illinois | Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson.

* Oral History Interview with Hubert F. Havlik, Truman Presidential Library, June 20, 1973.

Shortly after President Roosevelt's death, President Truman lobbied for a revision of the law and consequently the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 was passed.

* Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri

* Oral History Interviews with Clark M. Clifford, Truman Presidential Library

Three Cold War United States Presidential doctrines — the Truman Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine, and the Nixon Doctrine — played roles in the formulation of the Carter Doctrine.

The current post – World War II tradition of Presidential doctrines started with the 1947 Truman Doctrine, under which the U. S. provided support to the governments of Greece and Turkey as part of a Cold War strategy to keep those two nations out of the Soviet sphere of influence.

In Presidential elections the last Democratic candidate to win the county was Harry Truman in 1948.

President Harry S Truman was the first US President to smile in his Presidential portrait.

He left most of his personal papers and judicial records to the Truman Presidential Library.

* Marshal Plan Truman Presidential Library scans of documents dated 1946 onwards, most with relevance to the situation in the German zones of occupation.

* Full text of Executive Order 9981 from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

From left: President Harry S. Truman, Senator Sparkman ( 1952 Vice Presidential nominee ) and Adlai Stevenson II ( Governor of Illinois | Governor, 1952 Presidential nominee ) in the Oval Office

In 1950, Harry S. Truman decided that he, too, would build a library to house his Presidential papers and helped to galvanize congressional action.

Along the route within Independence is the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.

* During his 1969 Presidential bid he was often compared by the U. S. press to Harry Truman, due to his folksy style and succession

* Truman Presidential Library

It is currently housed in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.

In the post – War US, the departure of the cautious Truman Administration ( 1945 – 53 ) and the arrival of the adventurous Eisenhower Administration ( 1953 – 61 ), abetted by the right-wing Cold War national political climate, rekindled Presidential interest in covert operations, which reanimated CIA advocacy of a paramilitary invasion of Guatemala to depose President Árbenz and his government.