Communism
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Following World War II, there was yet another warthe war between the democratic ideals of the west and the communist tenets of the east. Several countries including Greece, Czechoslovakia, and Korea were the unfortunate foci of this clash of ideals. A main thespian in the skirmishes between democracy and communism was the United States. Though it was clear that mitigation in Greece, Czechoslovakia, and Korea were purely based on self-interest, the United States had different approaches of mitigation in each country and thus the outcomes were different. The United States was more successful in their mitigation in Greece because of their consistent mitigation, which was the main disparity between the successful mitigation in Greece and the failed mitigation in Czechoslovakia and Korea.
Like other countries, Greece was experiencing a time of political and economic turmoil and they desperately needed aid. The royalists in power at the time turned to the United States who gladly supported them. The United States was well aware of the importance of Greece, and the desire from the soviets to acquire Greece so that they may expand across the Mediterranean in to parts of Africa. The United States was also well aware of the fact that the royalists were in fact a fascist party. However they recognized fascism as the lesser of two evils...