What does 'containment' mean in terms of the Cold War?

Containment.

Cold war; communist containment.

Communist containment; part of the cold war.

This "policy of containment" can be construed to mean more than one subject.. For example it can mean the cold war strategy of "containing communism" (prevent it from spreading...the old domino theory) or it can mean "containing the war in one region/location" (keep it from spreading into Laos or Cambodia, and other nations). The Viet war was part of communist containment in that the preservation of the Republic of South Vietnam was preventing communism from…

President Harry Truman isssued the policy of containment

Definitely not.

because the cold war influence many different countries to interfere with the wars

Part of the Cold War; communist containment.

George Keenan

you had to eat a onion and a potatoe

United States and South Vietnam

Containment. VN & Korea were containment.

Communist containment; cold war.

Communist containment; cold war.

Foreign Service Officer, George F. Kennan, is the author of the policy on containment. Containment was the strategy the US used during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

In foreign policy President Eisenhower kept the containment policy in the Cold War and ended the Korean War.

The six policies of the cold war were detente, containment, brinkmanship, collective security, non-alignment and detterance.

Containment, opposition to communism.

Containment.

made people mad

containment.

The Eisenhower and Truman Doctrines

Part of the cold war; Soviet (Communist) containment.

Communist containment was the Cold War. The long term effects were MILITARY advancements, to include the computer which you are using now.

It symbolized the spread of Communism and also containment.

The word for the countries who tried to block communism from spreading.

Communist containment.

containment and the Truman doctrine

During the Cold War with Russia, so sometime after and around 1945

containment-

The Korean & Vietnam Wars were fought to contain communism. We contained them in Korea; but they won the Vietnam War. Cold War Score: 1 and 1

Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.

answer is A. wars and covert operations

WARS AND COVERT OPERATIONS

President Harry S. Truman created the Truman Doctrine which called for the policy of containment during the Cold War era.

Containment didnt really start in Vietnam. it started before that..Cold War. But the U.S. went for containment so that the dominoe theory wouldnt happen (other Asian countries becoming communist). Vietnam was like the mountain to die on.

It was part of The Marshall Plan. A plan by the united nations to rebuild the country after the war. America later also did it for Containment. Containment was to stop the spread of communism by helping countries. Containment was not around however until near the beginning of the cold war.

the policy of containment said that America shall not go to war with countries that are already Communist or if the willingly become it.. But the U.S. will go to was if the country asked for help against communism

Wars and Covert Operations

Both were aimed at containment of communist expansion.

containment strategy

From Truman to Nixon, presidential administrations had different ways to handle the Cold War including the Truman and Eisenhower administrations pursuing a policy of containment. Kennedy voiced support for the containment of Communism with an us versus them mentality.

The US foreign policy during the Cold War was the Truman Doctrine, which was to prevent the expansion of communism to new nations. In other words, containment.

The Policy of Containment began in 1947 and ended in 1989. The policy was the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union.

Nukes, ICBM's contained both. In that case, cold was much better than hot.

That was the whole point. The US was trying to prevent Communist expansion.

To contain communism. The Korean & Vietnam Wars were part of that containment policy.

Communism = Bad We accepted a policy of containment, which was 'containing' communism.

Containment Strategy

Containment is a term coined by George Kennan in 1946. It was the policy of the U.S. in the Cold War mainly under President Truman (1945-1953). The later presidents during the Cold War alternated between more aggressive tactics (Eisenhower) and more peace-seeking strategies (Nixon).