oct 19, 1947 - Containment (1947)
Description:
American diplomat and historian George Kennan proposed the idea of containment; this concept would become the center piece of the Truman Doctrine. Containment was the concept of applying counter pressure to every political, military, or economic advance wherever and whenever the Soviets tried to make them.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 19, 1947
Now
~ 77 years ago