March 12, 1947, before a joint session of Congress, President Harry S. Truman forever changed the foreign policy of the United States. Truman's innovative doctrine was the forward momentum that amended the United States foreign policy from isolationist to internationalists. The effects of this pioneering doctrine, The Truman Doctrine, in the short term, established Greece and Turkey as recipients of American aid and instituted the marshal plan. While in the longer run, The Truman Doctrine built the grounds for the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Truman Doctrine preached of a world politic dedicated to protection and peace, though sought such ends through deceptive means and motives.

The Truman Doctrine dealt exclusively with the containment of the communist régime relating to Greece and Turkey. The main goal of the speech was to ask congress for $400,000,000 to help these two governments (US and the Truman Doctrine 1). In the speech Truman states...