Editing Truman Doctrine (section)

==Turkish Straits crisis==
{{Main|Turkish Straits crisis}}At the conclusion of [[World War II]], [[Turkey]] was pressured by the Soviet government to allow Soviet shipping to flow freely through the [[Turkish straits]], which connected the [[Black Sea]] to the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]]. As the Turkish government would not submit to the Soviet Union's requests, tensions arose in the region, leading to a show of naval force on the site of the Straits. Since British assistance to Turkey had ended in 1947, the U.S. dispatched military aid to ensure that Turkey would retain chief control of the passage. Turkey received $100 million in economic and military aid and the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] sent the [[Midway-class aircraft carrier|''Midway''-class aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Franklin D. Roosevelt}}.<ref>Barın Kayaoğlu, "Strategic imperatives, Democratic rhetoric: The United States and Turkey, 1945–52." ''Cold War History,'' Aug 2009, Vol. 9(3)  pp. 321–345</ref>