![]() According to the Gregorian calendar, that is.Īnd yes, my reading friend, you are quite correct. Moving along our non binding assumption that the Cold War began in 1947, yours truly would like to point out that said conflict began 75 years ago, an anniversary well worth remembering, the current year being of course 2022. Unsurprisingly, right of centre political parties went on to rule Greece as a result of the March 1950 election, but back to our topic of the week. The Greek civil war ended in the fall of 1949 with a victory of the American backed right of centre government and the defeat / banning of the Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, the Greek communist party. The kingdom of Greece, on the other hand, had a repressive right of centre government embroiled in a murderous civil war since 1946, a war caused to a large extent by its marginalisation and persecution of former members of the left of centre Ethnikó Apeleftherotikó Métopo, the primary Greek resistance movement between 19, a dark period during which Greece was occupied by National Socialist Germany, Fascist Italy and an opportunistic right-wing Bulgaria. That only happened in May 1950 and yes, the party in charge since 1923 suffered a humiliating defeat. You see, even though the republic of Turkey had been proclaimed in October 1923, the people of that country had yet to vote in a free and democratic election in March 1947. If I may be so bold, Truman’s use of the expression free people was a tad ironic, if not downright deceptive. Truman’s immediate goal in March 1947 was to convince the United States Congress to pass a bill which would allow him to support and assist the governments of Turkey and, even more so, Greece. ![]() Tiger and leopards cannot change their stripes or spots, it is said, and bears, it seems, cannot lose their claws. Said Truman, “it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” The United States had to “assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.” That assistance “should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.”Īnd yes, there are eerie similarities between Truman’s statement and those made in 2022 by American president Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden Junior, statements whose main purpose was to contain the threat posed by the Russian federation. Truman expounded a foreign policy which became known as the Truman doctrine, a doctrine whose main purpose was to contain the threat posed by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Let us assume, a non binding assumption of course, that the Cold War began in 1947, in March, when American President Harry S. Our princess, a minor character from Dune, a rather disappointing science fiction film from 1984, was indeed mentioned in a few issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee since October 2017, but back to our story. ![]() Indeed, do you know when the Cold War began, my erudite reading friend? Well, do you?Īnd yes, this is but one of the many questions any museum working on a Cold War exhibition project might consider grappling with.Īnd yes, you are quite correct, my reading friend. ![]() If I may be permitted to quote princess Irulan Corrino, eldest daughter of the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, a beginning is a very delicate time.
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