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: 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. No assistance in the scope of the Marshall Plan was offered to any country outside Europe too. Secondly, the containment policy had no relevance to countries within the Soviet sphere of influence. When Hungary tried to break away from communist rule in 1956, the US did not provide any assistance to the Hungarians. Thus, there was no consistency in the application of the Truman Doctrine. Posted by Robin at 05:52
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