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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Truman Doctrine: Overview}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Date \& Context:}} & Announced in March 1947 by President Harry Truman. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Trigger:}} & Crisis in Greece and Turkey — Britain could no longer support governments fighting communist insurgencies. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Doctrine:}} & US would provide political, military, and economic support to any country threatened by communism. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Established containment as the cornerstone of US foreign policy. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Significance:}} & First major declaration of the global Cold War — positioned US as the defender of the "free world" against Soviet expansion. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Truman Doctrine and the Expansion of Containment}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The Doctrine made containment global, not just European.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Justified:} & Marshall Plan (1948) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & NATO (1949) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Covert CIA operations (1950s onward) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Established a logic of total opposition to communism — every arena (economic, political, psychological) became part of the struggle.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Intelligence Dimension}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine didn't just justify open aid and alliances; it also legitimated covert operations by the newly created CIA (1947).} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{CIA mandate: defend US security by any means necessary, including clandestine science.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{This climate of expanding containment made projects like MKULTRA possible and justifiable.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Truman Doctrine and MKULTRA: The Link}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Shared Logic of Containment:}} & Truman Doctrine: stop spread of communism globally. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & MKULTRA: stop spread of communist influence at the psychological level (fear of "brainwashing"). \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Justification Through National Security:}} & Truman Doctrine framed communism as an existential threat. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & MKULTRA adopted the same framing: "If the Soviets and Chinese are working on mind control, America must do so too." \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 6) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Institutional Link:}} & Truman Doctrine led to CIA's expansion of global operations. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & CIA funding and secrecy structures (initially justified under Truman) were later used to shield MKULTRA. \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 6) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{3.9816 cm} x{0.9954 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Psychological Warfare and the Truman Doctrine}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The Truman Doctrine was not only military but ideological: it declared a battle for hearts and minds.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} This fed directly into CIA interest in: & \seqsplit{Propaganda} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Case Study: Korean War}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine logic → US intervenes in Korea (1950) to contain communism.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{POW experiences in Korea (confessions, collaboration with communists) alarmed CIA.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Seen as evidence of "brainwashing."} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Directly influenced MKULTRA's creation in 1953 — a Truman Doctrine war produced the problem MKULTRA was designed to solve.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.64241 cm} x{3.33459 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Outcomes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Truman Doctrine:}} & Successfully mobilised US leadership in the Cold War. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Locked US into long-term interventions abroad (Vietnam later). \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{MKULTRA:}} & Failed to develop reliable mind-control techniques. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Produced serious ethical scandals (drugging citizens, experimenting on unwitting patients). \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Shared Legacy:}} & Both show how the early Cold War created an atmosphere where extraordinary measures were normalized in the name of anti-communism. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} p{0.4977 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Takeaways}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine established containment as total and global → MKULTRA was its covert psychological extension.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Both were justified through national security urgency.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Both reflected the belief that communism had to be stopped on every level: territorial, political, and psychological.} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine was the public face; MKULTRA was one of the hidden, secret consequences.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Truman Doctrine ↔ MKULTRA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine = Containment policy (1947)} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MKULTRA = Covert containment program (1953)} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Truman Doctrine = defend nations militarily \& economically} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{MKULTRA = defend minds psychologically} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Both framed by Cold War paranoia \& existential fear of communism} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}