WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -During the Cold War, for example, the United States could use economic containment in the form of embargoes on the Soviet bloc and China to prevent its rivals from acquiring machinery and equipment that would strengthen their military power.

Detailed explanation-4: –Truman pledged to defend Formosa (Taiwan) from attack by Communist China, to strengthen US forces in the Philippines, and to support French forces in Indochina – a conflict that would eventually escalate into the Vietnam War. These plans demonstrate the US policy of containment of communism.