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COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

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In his famous “Long Telegram, “ he explained this policy:The Soviet Union, he wrote, was “a political force committed fanatically to the belief that with the U.S. there can be no permanent modus vivendi [agreement between parties that disagree].”
A
Winston Churchill
B
Joseph McCarthy
C
Harry Truman
D
George Kennan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the “Long Telegram, ” Kennan emphasized that the Soviet Union did not see the possibility for long-term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world and that the best strategy was to “contain” communist expansion around the globe.

Detailed explanation-2: -#OTD February 22, 1946 | The Long Telegram 76 years ago, George Kennan, an American diplomat living in Moscow, sent an 8, 000-word telegram to President Truman’s State Department.

Detailed explanation-3: -George Kennan, the American charge d’affaires in Moscow, sends an 8, 000-word telegram to the Department of State detailing his views on the Soviet Union, and U.S. policy toward the communist state. Kennan’s analysis provided one of the most influential underpinnings for America’s Cold War policy of containment.

Detailed explanation-4: -George F. Kennan authored the concept of containment, according to which the United States should “contain” Soviet expansionism but should not use, or threaten to use, force to remove the communist regime. Kennan first raised the idea in what became known as “The Long Telegram, ” sent on February 22, 1946.

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