The Cold War<span> “containment" notion was born of the Domino Theory, which held that if one country fell under communist influence or control, its neighboring countries would soon follow. Containment was the cornerstone of the </span>Truman Doctrine<span> as defined by a Truman speech on March 12, 1947. The Truman Doctrine, the </span>Marshall Plan<span>, </span>NATO<span> and the </span>United Nations<span> then became the foundation of American foreign policy through the </span>Reagan<span> administration and beyond, for about 50 years.
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<span>trying to persuade congress to add money and carry supplies to the acts, withdrew the naval ships to American arms merchants making way for the transportation of arms to China on Britain ships disregarded Soviet efforts to smuggle arms made by America into China.</span>
This passage from Kipling's "White Man's Burden" most likely means "<span>c. That the people they conquered were ignorant and uncivilized," since "half devil" corresponds to "uncivilized" and "half child" corresponds to "ignorant". </span>
