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coldgirl [10]
3 years ago
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what is containment? describe two examples of how the u.s. carried out this policy during the cold war?

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Nostrana [21]3 years ago
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Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam. It represented a middle-ground position between détente and rollback.

The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by United States diplomat, George F. Kennan (below). As a description of United States foreign policy, the word originated in a report Kennan submitted to the U.S. defense secretary <span>in 1947—a report that was later used in a magazine article.</span><span><span>Containment was suggested by diplomat George Kennan who eagerly suggested the United States stifle communist influence in Eastern Europe and Asia.</span>One of the ways to accomplish this was by establishing NATO so the Western European nations had a defense against communist influence.<span>After Vietnam and détente, President Jimmy Carter focused less on containment and more on fighting the Cold War by promoting human rights in hot spot countries.
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