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Truman|ˈtruːmən|
The name of Harry S. Truman (1884–1972), U.S. President 1945–53, used attrib. in Truman Doctrine, the principle first enunciated by Truman in March 1947 that the United States should ‘support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation’.
1947Sun (Baltimore) 2 Apr. 18/1 At some time, at some point, the Soviet may not take kindly to our extension of the ‘Truman Doctrine’ to areas bordering upon her claimed sphere of influence. 1948Labour Monthly Aug. 237 The Truman Doctrine aims at making Europe safe against socialism. 1958Polit. Sci. Quarterly LXXIII. 321 The broad terms of the Truman doctrine merely claimed a broad right to intervene, even though there was no intention to exercise this right in full. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 Mar. (1970) 82 President Truman..said, ‘It [sc. the Truman Doctrine] was all the Marshall Plan... It's just that the Greeks like the Jews and the Irish can holler louder than anybody else, if you have heard more about the Truman Doctrine than you have the others.’ 1977Time 6 June 14/1 By early 1947 Soviet adventurism had inspired the Truman Doctrine, with its pledge of military help to any free people threatened by Communist aggression. |