mar 12, 1947 - The Containment Policy - Foster

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The containment policy was a strategic approach adopted by the United States starting in the late 1940s aimed to preventing the Soviet Union’s expansion of communism. The concept was first articulated by U.S diplomat George F. Kennan in 1946 through his “Long Telegram” and later in a 1947 anonymous article where he argued for a “long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies” in hopes that the Soviet regime might eventually soften or collapse. This policy became the cornerstone of U.S Cold War strategy, marking a shift from wartime alliance to ideological rivalry. It was institutionalized with the Truman Doctrine in 1947, which committed economic and military support to Greece and Turkey to resist communist pressuresm, and later expanded under the Eisenhower Doctrine in 1957 to include aid for Middle Eastern countries resisting communist influence. Containment reflected the broader U.S aim during the Cold War to check Soviet power globally without engaging direct military conflict, shaping decades of American foreign policy and global alliances.

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Britannica. “Containment | Foreign Policy.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 9 Aug. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/containment-foreign-policy.

Learning, Lumen . “Containment | HIS 102: Change & Progress; History of Civilization in the Modern Era.” Lumenlearning.com, 2016, courses.lumenlearning.com/muw-historyofeurope/chapter/containment/.

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