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1		How did concern over Europe's colonial holdings and their fate after World War II cause U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union to shift?



2		What were the differences between the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan? Which one was more controversial? Why?



3		What did Molotov mean by "dollar diplomacy"? What other criticisms did the Soviets make of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan?



4		How did George Kennan's anonymously published letter encourage the shift in U.S. Cold War policy from economic aid to military aid and active military involvement in the struggle against communism?



5		Consider the Soviet accusation that American foreign policies were more motivated by the need to avert a crisis within capitalism than the actual threat of communism. How persuasive do you find such arguments? How would Truman, Kennan, Acheson, and Marshall have responded?

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