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.
NATO could be used to contain erupting violence to restricted regions.
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.
It was called the CONTAINMENT POLICY.Please see this WikiAnswers Article which details how Containment worked.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for A+
a doctrine of containment :p
Containment
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.
No. Not a part of NATO. NATO-friendly, but not a member.
NATO was form in 1949
NATO is the acronym...
Depending on context, containment can be translated as:EindämmungZüruckhaltungBeherrschungEinhegungIn-Schach-Halten