Title: Was the US’s containment policy effective during the Cold War? | by August Frederico | Medium
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Was the US’s containment policy effective during the Cold War?
Content: Was the US’s containment policy effective during the Cold War? | by August Frederico | Medium
Was the US’s containment policy effective during the Cold War? August Frederico
Jun 24, 2018 · 8 min read
The Cold War (1941–91) found two world superpowers with radically contrasting ideologies in a standoff: the USSR, with their stated goal of establishing an international and global communist state; and the United States, seeking to prevent that at all costs through their foreign policy, as highlighted in the 1947 Truman doctrine: “ The free people of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms.” ( Truman Doctrine, 1947, page 2). This containment policy was effective in preventing the spread of communism. The Cold War was c a lled so as it technically never heated up into a direct USSR — US war, however the US’s containment policy put these two powers at odds through a series of outside conflicts in a number of theaters internationally. These military bouts served to further the containment policies goal by preventing the spread of communism through direct military action.