WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Vietnam reuniting as Communists after the Vietnam War
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Chiang Kai-shek establishing Nationalist China on Taiwan
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Mao Zedong establish a communist form of government on the mainland of China
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The United States attempting to prevent North Vietnam from taking over South Vietnam
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The policy of Containment was responsible for the US involvement in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. During the Cold War, the US foreign policy was primarily driven by the goal of stopping (or containing) the spread of communism in the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -The doctrine of containment argued that all-out war should be avoided, but the US should pledge itself to stopping any new communist governments, or preventing any existing communist governments from expanding.