s was meant to scare the American people into action. It succeeded in getting the Greek-Turkish aid bill passed and it also set the tone for the cold war. Less than a year later the United States pressured Iran to take back the previously granted oil rights to the USSR, thus creating more suspicion between the two superpowers.
             After seeing favorable results from the Truman Doctrine, the United States implemented the Marshall Plan. This $13 billion program was a second part of the overall containment policy. By restoring Europe's economy, it would make communism less appealing and also give the United States strong trading partners. Angered by this program, Stalin extended his control over Eastern Europe. This in turn created possible threats for the West's position in Germany, and forced Truman to create a military alliance in order restore confidence in the European countries that were allying with the United States. 12 In an effort to counter the integration of the Western zones of Germany into a West
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