"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." When President Harry S. Truman made the statement above, what policy was he describing and to what "free peoples" was he referring?

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When President Harry S. Truman made the statement above, he was describing a containment policy to halt the spread of communism through Greece and Turkey. Containment was the basis for the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. foreign policy directive to curb communism worldwide. Many historians considered the declaration of this containment policy in March 1947 the beginning of the Cold War. The policy became the impetus for the United States' involvement in Korea and Vietnam. The Cold War was ultimately defined by the Soviet Union's attempt to establish Communist regimes wherever it could while the United States worked to combat the creation of new Communist governments (rather than attempting to establish democratic governments).

"I Believe That It Must Be the Policy of the United