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: Politically, the Truman Doctrine was to provide funding, weapons and supplies to governments who were fighting against the communist threat. It successfully helped Greece and Turkey in resisting a communist takeover. As an economic strategy to counter the spread of Communism, the Marshall Plan was introduced as it was perceived that prolong poverty would result in more people believing in communism. Therefore, through the Marshall Plan, Europe would recover from the Second World War and become prosperous again. With prosperity, countries would reject communism. 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.