Kennan believed that the Soviet Union would not risk war to expand communism.
George Kennan proposed "containment" to stop the expansion of Communism. He believed in defending the industrial powers of the world over Soviet expansion at all costs. This included Western Europe, Japan, and the United States.
His policy about Soviet Expansion lead to "Containment" Containment- the policy or process of preventing the expantion of a hostile power
His policy about Soviet Expansion lead to "Containment" Containment- the policy or process of preventing the expantion of a hostile power
believed that the Soviet Union would not risk war to expand communism
Kennan wanted to keep the soviets expansion as safe as possible. He did not want to wage a war against the U.S so he resulted to containment which seemed like a safe idea that posed no great risks
containment policy In his famous"X" paper, Kennan wrote how communism needed to be"contained" where it existed and disallowed from spreading. The Truman Administration adopted the policy of containment in the late 1940s, with the goal of stopping communist expansion wherever it could in the world.
George F. Kennan was the US Diploment responsible for urging the policy of containment during the soviet expansion.
Truman and George F Kennan (the "father of containment")
the marshall plan built good will toward the united states that helped contain the expansion of communism
General U.S. strategy in the Cold War that called for containing soviet expansion. Originally devised in 1947 by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan
The Marshall plan built good will toward the United states that helped contain the expansion of communism
Containment