Truman main goal was the containment of communism and the expansion of the soviet union in the world. this was to be made possible through countering the Warsaw pact. the containment policy was to help in the recovery of European countries economies in order to help them to overcome the attractive vestiges of communism. The countries were to adopt democracy and free market economies.
C. Richard M. Nixon was NOT charged and arrested for a crime relating to communism
C. West Berlin was controlled by the US, France and Great Britain. This was shown during the Berlin Airlift and West Berlin was seen as an island in the Red Sea which was worth defending.
