... , American perceptions towards the Soviets might have changed as early as the post-Yalta Conference period in April 1945 when even Roosevelt, a perennial optimist, expressed his doubts about cooperating with Stalin. Hence, the Truman Doctrine was merely an articulation of the American policy and intentions expressed and declared in the open. The importance of the Truman Doctrine is further limited when ... in the Persian oilfields and encouraged separatist movements in the Northern provinces of Kurdistan and Azerbujian. The US hence viewed these actions taken by the USSR as an attempt by...

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... World. The Atlantic Charter was the foundation for this as it was an agreement between the American President, Roosevelt, the British Prime Minster, Churchill and the leader of the USSR, Stalin. The charter meant that nations and peoples should have their own right to govern themselves as they wish, as long as it was not a threat to other nations. The third ... ...

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... and how that helped fuel the situation with the Soviets. Instead of embracing other nations" differences and working together, Americans look down on other nations which, in the case of Stalin, create heads of nations to become suspicious of us. He continues to accurately point out that our lack of sensitivity puts us in a difficult situation in diplomatic matters and does ... ...

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