Which was more important as a reason for the development of the Cold War Stalins action in Eastern Europe 1945-49 or the Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan 1947 1948

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan helped develop the Cold War because it stopped the USSR from spreading anywhere and many communists felt that USA was declaring a war against Communism. The reason Truman made his speech was to show that he would follow a policy of containment, which would warn the Soviets he would not allow any further spread of Communism in Eastern Europe.  The Marshal Plan was offered to any country such as Turkey and Greece who were threatened by Communism. However Stalin saw this as an attempt by the USA to bribe the other European countries with dollars so that the European countries would be dependent on the USA and join the USA against the USSR. The communists called this dollar imperialism. The countries of Europe especially as the Marshal Plan were also offered to Czechoslovakia although Stalin did not allow this. This shows that the Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan helped to develop the Cold War because.

Stalin’s actions in Eastern Europe helper develop the Cold War because it made Truman make his Doctrine and it also prompted him to create the Marshal Plan however the Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan also helped develop the Cold War because the communist leaders thought that this was a declaring of a war against communism. On balance I think that Stalin’s actions in Eastern Europe were more important for the development of the Cold War because as a result of Stalin taking over the countries of Eastern Europe the USA became worried about his intentions to impose communism throughout the world and this is why they introduced the Truman Doctrine and the Marshal Plan; to stop the spread of Communism.