The North Atlantic Treaty Organization remains based on the concept of deterrence to aggression against its member states. Containment is based on mutual defense creating overwhelming force to make any act of aggression upon it as an unacceptable loss or risk to any aggressor. The ultimate guarantor of containment comes through the deployment and threat of strategic nuclear weapons use.
Harry Truman is the president most associated with the containment theory against communist domination- think NATO and the Korean War.
Foreign Policies after 1945 include the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, containment of communism with in the U.S.S.R., and The establishment of NATO.
The containment policy was the U.S.â??s way of preventing the spread of communism in foreign countries. The Truman administration establish NATO as a defense pact in Europe to prevent the Soviets from extending their sphere of influence. The U.S. also intervened in the war between South Korea and North Korea.
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It was called the CONTAINMENT POLICY.Please see this WikiAnswers Article which details how Containment worked.
a doctrine of containment :p
Containment
No. Not a part of NATO. NATO-friendly, but not a member.
Containment was a U.S. foreign policy strategy during the Cold War aimed at preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders. It emerged after World War II as a response to the perceived threat posed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states. The policy involved various tactics, including military alliances, economic aid, and support for anti-communist regimes, exemplified by initiatives like the Marshall Plan and NATO. Ultimately, containment sought to limit Soviet influence globally and maintain a balance of power.
In reference to the word "Containment," in the historical context of Communism, containment is the blocking of another nation's attempts to spread its influence. The actual word containment means to block passage or quarantine.
NATO is the acronym...
NATO was form in 1949