The policies of containment used during the Cold War (which were the Truman Doctrine and the Eisenhower Doctrine) both used the economy to help out other countries to stop the spread of communism. The Eisenhower Doctrine in addition used military forces.
The Bush Doctrine is different because it actually tried to implement democracy into other countries (such as the middle east) in an attempt to stabilize the government.
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The main responsibility of the United States State department is to handle foreign affairs.
