American history

According to the “Truman Doctrine” and the NSC 68 documents, what are the essential elements of a “free society”? What is the new development found in McCarthy’s speech? How do these elements coincide or contradict (or both) the declarations of human rights laid out by the United Nations?

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American citizens are entitled to a life of their choice without any forms of limitations unless laws and regulations of the land. A free society is therefore defined as a situation where people are in a position to execute personal obligations and use their resources with less unnecessary government interference (Beveridge, 2014). The three essential elements required in achieving a free society are individual liberty, control over private property, and limited government actions on individual matters as well as the free market for conducting business activities.

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