The United States had continually altered the interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine since its creation in the early 19th century. By the time the Cold War had begun, it was again rewritten, and had become the Truman Doctrine. The underlying idea can still be seen in much of US propaganda in modern wars, the liberation of the people, help to achieve democracy and liberties. It is clearly stated that the United States sees it as their duty to aid each nation in becoming what it desires, and to fend off any powers which aim to impose their own ideologies as the Germans and Japanese had done in World War 2. It is already clear to see that by doing this, the United States had already committed to impose their own ideals on other nations, a hypocritical act in itself. This attempt at swaying other nations often came in the form of military and economic measures. This intent can clearly be seen in the document, “Memorandum for General Taylor” from 1962. The document comes from the earlier stages of the United States diplomatic crisis with Cuba. It is clear that intervention to some degree was the obvious next step to the writer. This document also provides insight into the readiness of the United States Army to engage in military activity in order to remove a Communist government from their doorstep. Such military preparedness seems the standard mode of operation. 

There is a clear indication that the United States saw itself more than capable of dealing with this threat quickly and decisively. The Document mentions a coup de main, a fast blow that can defeat the enemy in a single attack. This doctrine of military intervention however is not entirely in line with the Truman doctrine: “I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.” (Problems in Modern Latin American History, p.242) Nevertheless, it seems likely that the subversive arms of the US government, such as the CIA, had standardized such means of violating the national sovereignty of foreign states.