Title: To what extent was America's policy of containment successful? Use Korea, Cuba and Vietnam in your investigation. - A-Level History - Marked by Teachers.com
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To what extent was America's policy of containment successful? Use Korea, Cuba and Vietnam in your investigation.
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Content: The policy was to defeat the Soviet Union by preventing it from expanding the territories under its Communist control or otherwise extending its influence. This, naturally, resulted in strained relations and rivalry between the two superpowers. Despite the many difficulties, American policy of containment during the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War did manage to contain the expansion of Communism to a certain extent. The containment of communism in Korea was successful. The Korean War, which started on June 25, 1950 and ended with a cease fire on July 27, 1953, was a civil war between North Korea and South Korea. This Cold War era fighting is considered to have been a proxy war between the United States and its Western democratic allies, and the Communist powers (Soviet Union and People's Republic of China). ... read more. Middle
Castro had overthrown the American backed Batista. The Bay of Pigs incident which was Kennedy's attempt to oust Communism from Cuba was a disastrous failure. Fidel Castro sought Soviet support;