WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following would be an UNLIKELY element in a policy of containment?
A
boycotts and embargoes against unaligned nations
B
economic aid to countries destroyed by war
C
offers of military aid to nations that become allies
D
offers of health and education programs to unaligned nations
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The essential element of the policy of containment was? a commitment to holding communism within the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

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. An early test of containment came in Greece and Turkey.

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.

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