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Compare And Contrast Truman And Macarthur's

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Truman believed that the best policy to stop the spread of communism was to keep it from spread and contain the Communist ideology to the countries which had accepted it. This is contrary to what MacArthur had wanted. Macarthur believed that communism had to be stopped and the countries which had adopted the ideology needed to change. Truman’s policy was far better than MacArthur’s because it was easier on the Communist countries and would help countries from becoming overthrown by totalitarian regimes. If a communist country was to be attacked to eliminate communism, then the people of the country would also suffer. The people of the country would be at risk of having the communist regime take over again. Without the resources to defend themselves,
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