On the other side, the assistance went to countries first like Greece and Turkey who were receiving fierce opposition from communist influences and generally had to be protected by countries like Britain in the past. These countries were able to use this assistance to maintain self sufficiency and combat the idealistic viewpoints of socialistic communism that seemed very ideal to many people at the time. The strong aggression the soviets had directly after WWII in 1945 pushed America to conclude with the Marshall plan as an attempt to win back some of the countries the Soviet union had already taken. After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. (http://www.ushistory.org/us/52c.asp).
l, military and economic assistance to any country under threat from communistic forces. It was decided that this would be a better political tact instead of sending troops in, because it would allow for an aversion to direct warfare as well as continue to contain communism however the military could still intervene if necessary which is the first time American intervention could occur after its very introverted international affairs policy which limited them in foreign involvement. Many countries such as Greece and Turkey, were unable to protect themselves from larger super powers like Russia and received protection from countries like Britain. However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such aid, and proceeded to ask for American assistance. In the Long Telegram sent by George Kennan a diplomat residing in Moscow explaining that the Soviets would only respond to an attack by force and that the best tactic against them is a containment policy to minimalize their reach and expansion in the Euro-Asian area.
