... marking the start of American Containment Policy. It provided economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey, which were in a state of devastation after World War II, and in fear that these weakened countries may succumb to communist pressure or turn to communism as it offered a solution to their ... 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. When the Plan was passed, the Soviets ensured that all Eastern European countries did not participate ...

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... it should also seek some economic benefit from the United States via trade and export concessions. Thirdly, "the deployment of foreign military personnel can also be beneficial to the local economy." Although the above instances relate to smaller state actors within a region benefiting from aligning themselves to larger states, these larger states can also benefit in the follow ways under regional ... as happened with the "Grand Alliance" between the United States, Britain and the former Soviet Union. This alliance only survived whist HITLER posed a threat to not just regional but world...

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