POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE MARSHALL PLAN
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using money
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building up weapons
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forming alliances
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invading Russia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War: Containment By the time World War II ended, most American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet threat was a strategy called “containment.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The Cold War was fuelled by propaganda, undercover activity by intelligence agencies, and economic sanctions; and was intensified by signs of conflict anywhere in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment, ” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States and its allies created the NATO military alliance in 1949 in the apprehension of a Soviet attack and termed their global policy against Soviet influence containment. The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact in 1955 in response to NATO.