How did the Marshall Plan correlate to the extension of the Truman Doctrine as a reflection of Cold War diplomacy?
What will be an ideal response?
The Marshall Plan was originally offered to all countries involved in the main fields of battle in World War II, including the eastern bloc nations. Stalin prohibited the eastern satellite states from partaking in this financial aid, which was specifically extended by the U.S. to prevent the rise of totalitarian dictatorships or political instability in Europe as had been seen in the inter-war years, allowing the likes of Hitler and Mussolini to rise to power. As a result, the Marshall Plan became emblematic of Western political affiliation, which was symbolized with the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as this alliance agreed to come to the assistance of any nation with democracy in peril. Stalin took this as a direct affront, and subsequently the eastern bloc nations formed the Warsaw Pact (albeit after Stalin's death) as an anti-Western alliance and mutual defense organization. The polarization of each side over the declaration of the Truman Doctrine would subsequently be tested in the 1950s and 1960s with NATO forces attempting to curtail the spread of Communism in the era of decolonization.
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