After World War II, the United States was worried that communism would spread throughout the world, and eventually it may reach America. The United States hoped to prevent the expansion of the communism and maybe even get rid of it all together.
The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States should have the power to help other nations that were prone to be taken over by communistic countries. Truman uses Greece as his first example. He stated that "Greece is not a rich country" and therefore they are more likely to be taken over. They do not have the funds to protect themselves from other thriving nations. On top of that, the Germans had destroyed "virtually all the railways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marine" during World War II. The "very existence of the Greek State" was at risk.
Since the Greek Government would not be able to handle the situation by themselves, Truman states that America should lend a hand to their ally and change the fate of the failing country.
America would send materials and troops in order to save Democratic countries from falling to communism.
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