morteza salemi Ghamsari; Sohrab Yazdani; Morteza Farhadi; farshad momeni
Abstract
From the perspective of historical sociology, this article discusses Truman’s Principle Four, which was introduced as one of America's most famous programs to curb communism in Europe. According to Principle Four, US aid came in two forms: "first, to stabilize the economy to prevent the growth ...
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From the perspective of historical sociology, this article discusses Truman’s Principle Four, which was introduced as one of America's most famous programs to curb communism in Europe. According to Principle Four, US aid came in two forms: "first, to stabilize the economy to prevent the growth of communism, and second, to help the American economy by enabling Europeans to buy American goods; which soon spread to other countries exposed to the Iron Curtain. The purpose of compiling this article is to study the historical conditions of principle four and its effects in Iran based on development theories. Development theories can be divided into three groups: dependency, globalization, and modernization. Modernization theorists, meanwhile, argued that in order to create sustainable and spontaneous economic growth in the Third World, Third World countries would have to experience the transition from traditional to modern society that developed countries had already experienced. He saw the fundamental obstacles to modernization in the traditional cultural institutions and values of Third World countries, which are at odds with the growth and development of the economy and industrialization. The short-term goal of Principle Four was to prevent the penetration of communism in Europe and countries sensitive to the United States, which it was able to achieve, but with special long-term railroads, it was also able to achieve the goals that the US.
