Truman and Eisenhower's Foreign Policies

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Truman's policies were entirely successful in preventing further communist expansion during his term.

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Truman's foreign policy effectively contained communism by preventing further expansion.

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The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan provided economic stability.

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These policies demonstrated the limitations of military intervention in containing communism.

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Soviet Union's development in 1949

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Development of its own atomic bomb

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MAD policy significance

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Defined the Cold War

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Truman's inherited world condition

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Devastated by World War II and Soviet expansionism

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Truman's policy manifestation

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Several pivotal events

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Korean War's trigger

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North Korea's invasion of South Korea

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Truman's presidency's nuclear challenge

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Implications of nuclear deterrence

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Truman's administration's nuclear foundation

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Policy of mutually assured destruction (MAD)

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Cold War's defining policy

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Mutually assured destruction (MAD)