Title: Saving freedom : Truman, the Cold War, and the fight for western civilization /
Authors: Scarborough, Joe
Year: 2020
Subjects: Truman, Harry S.,; Truman, Harry S.,; Cold War; Diplomatic relations; International economic relations; Politics and government; United States Foreign relations; United States Politics and government; United States Foreign economic relations Europe; Europe; United States
Abstract: "In Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough recounts the historic forces that moved Truman toward his country's long twilight struggle against Soviet communism, and how this untested president acted decisively to build a lasting coalition that would influence America's foreign policy for generations to come. On March 12, 1947, Truman delivered an address before a joint session of Congress announcing a policy of containment that would soon become known as the Truman Doctrine. That doctrine pledged that the United States would "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." The untested president's policy was a radical shift from 150 years of isolationism, but it would prove to be the pivotal moment that guaranteed Western Europe's freedom, the American Century's rise, and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. " -- Front jacket flap.