1. The Truman Doctrine and the Cold War
... Cold War also pales in comparison to the Marshall Plan which was later passed by the Congress in March 1948 in light of the Czechoslovakian Coup in February 1948. The Marshall Plan was to restore economic stability in Europe, and it elicited an immediate response from the Soviets, as seen from the action of sending a 100-men delegation headed by Molotov to participate in the discussion ... about the plan. However, the American insistence of economic coordination, which meant that the Soviets ... had to give up the control over their own economy, was seen as unacceptable to the Soviets....
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