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.
The Truman Doctrine was meant to help any non-communist country to resist communist pressure by providing economic and military aid. < br / > < br / > < br / > It was announced by US President Truman during the Greek Civil War ; the United States sent $400 million in economic aid to Greece to help the government defeat the communist forces ...