At the rate that the Trump administration is alienating America’s friends and comforting its enemies, Russians may soon be ...

The Truman Doctrine was crucial for Greece to avoid falling into the Soviet influence sphere while the country was ravaged by the Civil War ...

Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks in American history. Challenges: The Cold War began ...

NATO and the other elements of Truman’s postwar arsenal largely kept the peace throughout the Cold War until 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell and the Iron Curtain was lifted. Since then ...

Truman wanted to be tougher on communism ... of each other led to a series of tense stand-offs throughout the Cold War.

Truman that the United States faced an enemy ... it was unlikely unless Soviet leaders had decided to start an all-out war.

Truman acted aggressively to secure territories ... Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.

and also played roles in both World Wars and the Cold War. From 1946 through 1952, President Harry Truman used this house as his winter vacation home and because he spent 175 days of his ...