the beginning of a Cold War Foreign Policy

the Beginning of a Cold War Foreign Policy
1.Introduction:In this essay, I will explain the reasons of cold war policy, whose beginning indicated by Truman Doctrine. In addition, Kennan¡¯s containment theory reflected in his ¡®¡¯long telegram¡± and ¡°x-article¡±(¡°The Sources of Soviet Conduct¡±) can¡¯t be put aside. At last I will say something about Marshall Plan.
2.Body part:
On Friday, February 21, 1947, the British Embassy informed the U.S. State Department officials that Great Britain could no longer provide financial aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey. American policymakers had been monitoring Greece's crumbling economic and political conditions, especially the rise of the Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front, or the EAM/ELAS. The United States had also been following events in Turkey, where a weak government faced Soviet pressure to share control of the strategic Dardanelle Straits. When Britain announced that it would w...