1. The Truman Doctrine and the Cold War
... two superpowers. In the case of Greece, the Greek Civil War and the involvement of the Greek communists made the US fear Soviet expansionism. Tito's control of Yugoslavia and the presence of Soviet occupation armies in the Balkan states increased this fear. The US perceived the Yugoslavian intervention under Tito to be directed by the USSR and hence equated it to ... the term of opening up markets. It caused the USSR to boycott the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, signaling their refusal to participate in the reconstruction of the global economy, marking the beginning of ...
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