What was the primary purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

The Truman Doctrine, announced in 1947, pledged U.S. support to countries threatened by communist expansion, beginning with aid to Greece and Turkey. Its primary purpose was to contain the spread of communism, matching the choice about ending that spread. The Marshall Plan, rather than the Truman Doctrine itself, was the main program for broad economic aid to postwar Europe.

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