Title: A Cold War conflict
Headings: Cold War conflict
Cold War conflict
Contents
What was the Cold War?
Origins of the Cold War
Anti-communist hysteria
Tensions in the post-war world
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
China changes everything

Content: it had quite clear political motives. American aid money came with conditions for nations who sought it: reject communism, embrace democracy, rebuild economies on capitalist lines and be prepared to trade freely in the global economy. Containment
A visual depiction of the Asian ‘dominos’ in the Cold War
As well as encouraging democracy and capitalism in post-war Europe, America also developed its own military strategy for resisting communist expansion. This revolved around two strategies: containment and the Domino Theory. The idea of containment was first expressed by the American diplomat George Kennan in July 1947. Kennan’s advice to President Truman was that America must contain the spread of communism by using alliance networks, financial aid and, if necessary, military force. If communist regimes and movements were not contained, vulnerable nations would “fall like dominos”. Communism and its agents were subversives who worked behind the scenes in fragile governments and societies.