Ideological justification of the Truman doctrine of 1947

The Conclusions

Thus, the proclamation of the Truman doctrine became the cause and consequence of the change in the image of the USSR in the United States. The need for approval by representatives of both houses of the Congress and the population of the United States of the suggested programme made the White House organize a propaganda company in its support. By creating an anxious atmosphere inside the country, the US leadership formed the image of an aggressive enemy and danger, in the role of which the USSR acted. The anti-Soviet rhetoric of the White House in the spirit of the communist offensive ensured the support of the US foreign policy concept by congressmen, representatives of the press and public opinion of the country. The negative image of the USSR formed in foreign policy found its manifestation in domestic policy as well. Loyalty testing programme, pre-election campaigns did not just rely on the antiSoviet rhetoric, but served as a real means of implementing the proclaimed updated ideology. The basis of this was the policy of the Republican Congress and the democratic government. Public opinion polls showed that the majority of the US population supported the foreign policy initiatives of the White House and believed in the aggressive intentions of the Kremlin, which were emphasized by the highest political figures of the state and the press. The main goal of the American foreign policy was the intention to stop Moscow's expansion, and it was the United States that were declared the defenders of freedom and democracy. Beginning in 1947, Harry Truman interpreted the actions of the Soviet government as hostile and thereby oriented the American community to a negative reception of the Soviet Union as a whole. Undoubtedly, the key role in forming the image of the enemy belonged to the presidential administration. There was a belief that the leadership of the USSR was governed by ideological fanaticism. The White House and the State Department clearly demonstrated the completeness and rigidity of their position concerning the USSR. In general, the formation of the anti-communist consensus became characteristic of the US public opinion. The policy declared by the White House was supported by the Congress, public organizations, businessmen, the military, the media, and the US population. Many times the American mass media reproduced the image of the enemy, and representatives of the White House tried to attract them to their side by various means. Anti-communist rhetoric became the tool by which Harry Truman's administration found support for its foreign policy actions in the US public. The image of the USSR as a country that nullifies the rights of citizens, violates their freedom and free choice of lifestyle, formed during the era of Harry Truman's presidency, largely determined the foreign policy of the American administration for many years. The image of the USSR created to reinforce the foreign policy concept of the White House ideologically, it eventually became a permanent component of the US public life. Having established itself not only in the public consciousness of those responsible for the formation and implementation of Washington's foreign policy, the image of the USSR became a factor, that made the leadership of the USA form its line, taking into account the presence in the international reality of a country definitely ideologically hostile to them - the Soviet Union.

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