Please write a three-paragraph essay answering the following prompt: How did the Truman administration deal with the Cold War? What was the strategy to deal with Communist nations, and what actions or programs did the Truman administration do to carry out this strategy? Do you think it was successful? Please justify your answer.​

Of course it could have been avoided. a great many scholars argue it happened because of truman's use of fear to gain support. his predecessor fdr was the most popular and charismatic president ever. truman was a machine politician chosen as the least offensive choice around for vp. had henry wallace remained vp and then president, the cold war might not have happened. or had dewey been defeated in the primaries by robert taft, and then taft defeated truman in 48, the cold war also might not have happened. taft was somewhat isolationist, opposing nato and the korean war. wallace believed truman to be unnecessarily provocative in his dealings with the soviets.of course for strong anti communists, they claim the soviets would see any sign of weakness and try to take over the world. but this is a conspiracy theory not backed by evidence. most communist movements were local and not controlled by moscow. stalin had just lost over 20 million people and was exhausted and paranoid. his number one fear was a rearmed germany allied with the us, and truman made his nightmare real with the marshall plan. truman's blunders are at least half responsible for the cold war and neither wallace nor taft would have made them.on top of that, stalin was dying and in poor health. his successor khrushchev was a reformer who ended the forced labor camps, set many political prisoners free, criticized stalin, and declined to build a powerful soviet navy to confront the us. stalin actually proposed a neutral united germany. a paranoid american gov't turned him down, guaranteeing a continued cold war for decades more.

the buddha identified ways to end suffering and attain minerva, which is the ultimate goal of buddhism. for this purpose, he came up with the concept of the four noble truths, which were crucial to ending suffering. the last of these truths stressed following the eightfold path , which is a series of steps that allow you to live life in a proper manner. these steps would make sure that you would follow the or live life in moderation.

the eightfold path has 8 practices which are:

right understandingright thoughtright speechright actionright livelihood right effortright mindfulnessright concentration