Greece and Turkey

I.  Civil War in Greece

II.  Soviet threat to Dardanelles

III.  British withdrawal

IV.  Truman Doctrine, March 1947

A.  VandenbergŐs support

B.  ŇDomino theoryÓ


Marshall Plan

I.  MarshallŐs Harvard speech

II.  StalinŐs opposition and MolotovŐs refusal

III.  European Recovery Program (ERP)

IV.  Molotov Plan

 

Division of Europe and the World

I.  Poland and Hungary

II. France and Italy

III.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization

A.  Brussels Treaty, March 1948

1) UK, France, and Benelux

B.  North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949

1) Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Canada, US, Greece (1952), Turkey (1952) West Germany (1954)

IV.  Containment

V.  NSC-68