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The United States was successful in containing Communism in South Korea.
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well they were not successful.
'Containing' Communism was a stupid thing the US thought it had to do. The US didn't like Communism, probably because they didn't undesrtand it at all or were afraid it was better than their economic stance, so they said that they had to contain communism by arresting people who supported communism. yeah, freedom of speech and thought...
The US hoped to curtail the expansion of communism by intervening in Vietnam.
The basis for the US philosophy during the Cold War was containment. This policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism by containing its influence, primarily through military, economic, and diplomatic means. The US believed in stopping the expansion of the Soviet Union and communist ideologies to protect its interests and promote democracy worldwide.
The US saw communism in general as a threat to their economy since it was based on capitalism
It failed; the communists won the war.
Absolutely. The war was entirely based upon the principle of containing communism.
George Kennan