COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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containment
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HUAC
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warsaw pact
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Truman followed the policy of containment of Communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.