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Someone who believes in the domino theory might as well support the Truman Doctrine because they were both stemmed out of America's quest to crush communism and Soviet geopolitical influence around the world. In other words, they both had 'the fight against communism background' in common, and were both born during the cold war. The domino theory was a US political theory that states that the rise of communism in a country in a particular region will triggers a series of follow up communism in other nations around the region in a domino effect. This theory was used by the US to justify its military interventions around the world during the cold war. The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy during the cold war that was put in place to contain the geopolitical expansion of the Soviet Union during the cold war.
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The Marshall plan supported the Truman Doctrine by pledging support fund for war torn Europe after world war II. This was out of the belief that some European countries might return to communism after the war due to their devastated economy as it was demonstrated in china in 1949. To prevent this, America provided funds for European nations to kick start their already devastated economy. This proved to be very successful and also favored America's economy, as most of the funds were used to buy American goods.
Answer (24) NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and is a military alliance by the government of more than 30 Northern America and European nations. NATO was signed On 4th of April 1949 with the aim to provide a joint attack in response to one of their members from an external enemy. The headquarters is in Evere, Brussels, Belgium. NATO is a brain child of the United States during the cold war to strengthen its odd against the Soviet Union in the event of a war between them.
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A satellite state is formally independent country that is under a heavy political, economic and military control from another country. The term was coined to describe central and eastern European countries under the Soviet control through the Warsaw Pact of the cold war era.
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The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense pact parallel to NATO, signed by the Soviet Union and seven other countries in central and eastern Europe. It was as a reaction to the inclusion of west Berlin into NATO in the Paris conference of 1954
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The Warsaw pact was used by the Soviet union to control the other nations involved and was also used to strengthen its communist government. It also served to crush some uprising against communism as used to crush uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia. On the other hand, NATO was voluntary and was formed to reduce communist influences around the globe.
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The Non-Aligned countries took a stance to remain independent of Soviet or American influences during the cold war.
The reason for the stance was borne out of the displeasure to not be pawns in the power struggle between America and the Soviet Union during the cold war era, and the quest to be independent and not create any military or political alliance with these two great power.
