Title: For History disciples: How successful was the containment policy? Explain your answer. [12]
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
How successful was the containment policy? Explain your answer. [12]
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Content: The Marshall Plan was a success as Western Europe regained its prosperity and Communism could not spread to that region. The formation of NATO was also part of the containment policy. Consisting mainly of countries in Western Europe, it provided a form of deterrence against any Soviet aggression to spread communism to Western Europe. This ensured Western Europe remained free of communism. Finally, the Berlin Airlift also demonstrated the success of the containment policy. It took a strong stand against communism and also ensure that Berlin would not be taken over by the communists. However, the containment policy had its limitations. Firstly, it could only stop the spread of communism in Europe but not elsewhere. For example, the containment policy was not extended to places in Asia, which resulted in China and Vietnam becoming communist. Even in Korea, US involvement was under the UN banner and not really an extension of the Truman Doctrine, although South Korea was resisting a communist takeover.