WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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The US felt that it was essential to remove communism from nations controlled by he Soviet Union after WW2.
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The US believed that it could produce more nuclear weapons than the USSR and thus win the arms race.
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The US did not believe it could remove communism from nations already under Soviet control.
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The US believe it could form an alliance with the Soviet Union.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. adopted the Policy of Containment because communism seemed to be on the rise around the world in the late 1940s. The U.S. wanted to stop communism’s expansion without fighting an all out war with the Soviet Union and China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to “export” communism to other nations, America centered its foreign policy on the “containment” of communism, both at home and abroad.
Detailed explanation-3: -The US feared that desperate European countries would be more likely to turn to communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. policy of containment was successful in keeping Americans aware of world events and wary of growing Soviet power as well as giving the U.S. a sense of victory because of no actual war.