By the time World War II ended, most American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet threat was a strategy called “containment.” In his famous “Long Telegram,” the diplomat George Kennan (1904-2005) explained the policy: The Soviet Union, he wrote, was “a political force committed fanatically to the belief that with the U.S. there can be no permanent modus vivendi [agreement between parties that disagree].” As a result, America’s only choice was the “long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.” “It must be the policy of the United States,” he declared before Congress in 1947, “to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation…by outside pressures.” This way of thinking would shape American foreign policy for the next four decades.
The correct answer for this question would be option D. The one that is an important theme in Tang and Song paintings is the spiritual essence of nature. In this dynasties, paintings were mostly paintings of landscapes. T<span>he natural world became a </span>major <span>thematic focus of the painters. Hope this answer helps.</span>
In general, yes it is true that increased competition for power among European states and led to imperialism, but first it led to nationalism, which then led to imperialism, since nationalism inspired far more pride.
