Question

What is Truman Doctrine? How did Truman justify US confrontation with the Soviet Union? What dangers did Lippmann see in Truman’s policy ?

Answer 1

truman doctrine is the principle that the US should give support to countries or people's threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. The invasion of South Korea made Truman genuinely fearful that the Soviet union and China intended to expand the sphere of communism throughout Asia.