As communism began to spread, President Truman asserted America’s responsibility as a world power to stop the spread of communism. Truman viewed the world as separated in two very different camps. One way of life, based upon the will of the maj

ority, distinguished by free institutions, with a representative government, free elections, and guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio; fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. (Truman: 2) America was the only country with the economic and military power to suppress the spread of communism in Greece and Turkey. Truman clearly stated that American involvement in foreign affairs was essential to the welfare of the nation and the world. If communism was allowed to spread through Greece, Turkey would be the next to fall followed by the Middle East. This would have a devastating effect on the world trade market and would result in another world war. If America was going to aid these countries, it had to pull together its financial and economic resources.

Truman’s Fair Deal exalted economic growth, rather than reapportionment of wealth or political power, as being the means for ensuring social harmony and national welfare. Therefore his administration insisted on an ambitious program of expanded foreign trade, while relying on the federal government to encourage high levels of productivity at home. The Advertising Council used the mass media to wage a campaign to roll back the liberal programs created by the New Deal. Specialization was the key to mass production, the more that one could produce in one day the more valuable they were. America had become the largest g

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