But the other side of the coin would be, inevitably, the flowering of crime and corruption around the gambling business.
The speech promised monetary aid and military advisors to Greece and Turkey, but the doctrine was expanded worldwide as part of the Cold War to cover assistance to all nations threatened by communism and the Soviet Union, involving the US with western Europe, Korea and Vietnam among others.
Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, 1945-53. A speech was made by American President Harry S. Truman to the U.S. Congress on 12 March 1947. In this speech he said he thinks that The United States should help Greece and Turkey to stop them being ' Totalitarianists ' although he meant Soviet Communism.This became known as the Truman Doctrine. Some Historians believe that this was the start of the Cold War.This speech was made after The United Kingdom said that they would stop helping Greece and Turkey in February 1947 since The United Kingdom was also poor after the cost of World War II.his plan was a big change to American politics. Political historian Walter LaFeber wrote that 'the doctrine became an ideological shield' which means that he believed that The United States used the doctrine as an excuse or reason. The Marshall Plan came after because this.