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Q: How successful was Americas cold war policy of containment at stopping the spread of communism?
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How did the Truman doctrine help promote the principles of the policy of containment?

The Truman doctrine and containment had on common threat, communism. The truman doctrine wanted to help any country threatened by commmunism. Containment was about stopping communism from spreading especially in the U.S.


What did the practice of the containment mean?

That the United States intended to stop communism from spreading


This containment policy was initially designed to aid all of the European nations that experienced damage during world war 2 but it was rejected by soviet union?

The term "containment policy" that most US people are familiar with is the "containment of communism" during cold war. Meaning, stopping the spread of communism world wide. Actually the answer your looking for is the Marshall Plan


What was the plan designed to aid European nations that experienced damage during world war 2?

This mutant question is being split : please do not merge from on into itThe term "containment policy" that most US people are familiar with is the "containment of communism" during cold war. Meaning, stopping the spread of communism world wide.Actually the answer your looking for is the Marshall Plan


What was the policy that led to the US providing military support in S Korea?

The policy of containment, or stopping the spread of Communism, caused America to help South Korea because it was being invaded by North Korea, which was communist


What is containtment?

The correct spelling is containment instead of containment. Containment is the process of keeping something that is dangerous or damaging under control. It is the action of stopping the growth of a hostile influence.


What was the U.S involvement in the Korean war a part of cold war policy known as?

Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.


George Kennan's recommendations in 1947 on US reaction to communist expansion have been called the?

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.


What was a effect on the Korean war?

The first US military stand against communism; with the successful effect that demonstrated that not only would the US use force, but the US could succeed in stopping them.


What was the rationale for American entering the Vietnam War?

Stopping communism.


What were America's interests in the Korean war?

Stopping the spread of communism


What is the connection between the Marshall plan and Kennan's containment policy?

America realized that it was generally the poorer, less well off countries that turned to communism. So by creating the marshall plan, not only is america gaining european allies, but also reducing the number of poor nations and giving the remaining poor an alternative to communism, thus stopping its spread and containing it.