Editing Harry S. Truman

'''Harry S. Truman''' (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the [[United States of America]], from 1945-1953. His presidency is associated with the final stages of the [[Second World War]] and the early years of the [[Cold War]].<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-S-Truman “Harry S. Truman | U.S. President & History | Britannica.”] ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.</ref> Notable events occurring under Truman's presidency are the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]],<ref>[https://www.workers.org/2005/world/hiroshima-0811/ “Truman Was a War Criminal.”] 2023. Workers.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220925051251/https://www.workers.org/2005/world/hiroshima-0811/ Archived].</ref> the enacting of the [[Marshall Plan]], the founding of [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]], and the [[Korean War]]. Truman also serves as the namesake of the [[Truman Doctrine]],<ref>[https://www.rt.com/news/years-since-truman-doctrine/ “60 Years since Truman Doctrine.”] [[RT (TV Network)|RT]] International. March 13, 2007. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220522235047/https://www.rt.com/news/years-since-truman-doctrine/ Archived] 2022-05-22.</ref> which represented a shift in U.S. foreign policy from a nominally isolationist policy to a more openly interventionist one, in which Truman argued that the United States was compelled to assist "free peoples" in their struggles against so-called "totalitarian regimes". The Truman Doctrine was one of the guiding notions of the U.S.'s [[United States imperialism|imperialist]], [[Anti-communism|anti-communist]] efforts at [[containment]] and rollback of the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and other socialist nations and liberation movements throughout the Cold War.<ref>[https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine “Milestones: 1945–1952 - Office of the Historian.”] State.gov. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230326135104/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine Archived] 2023-03-06.</ref>

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