Question by Andria: What was the Truman doctrine and Brezhnev Doctrine and what was the difference?
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Answer by ammianus
The Truman Doctrine was US President Truman’s policy of containment in the aftermath of WW2, enacted to prevent the spread of Communism to countries other than ones that were already Communist.
The Brezhnev Doctrine was a statement by the Leader of the USSR, Leonid Brezhnev, made in the 1970s, that once a country had become Communist, with a Communist government, it would therefore remain Communist forever; there was no possibility of any political,social,or economic system ever replacing Communism in such a state.
The difference between the 2 was that the Truman Doctrine was a proactive policy designed and enacted to stop the spread of Communism.
The Brezhnev Doctrine was a statement of ideology, rather than a policy to be put into action as such.
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