The Truman Doctrine Was a Consequence of Truman's Alarm Over

question 38

Multiple Choice

The Truman Doctrine was a consequence of Truman's alarm over

• A)a civil war in Yugoslavia.
• B)the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean.
• C)Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia.
• D)the failure of the Marshall Plan.
• E)the slow pace of denazification in Germany.

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