Containment was coined by George Kennan, one of our few Russian experts and serves as an ambassador to Russia. He looks at the problem with the Soviet Union and writes the Long Telegram and said the soviets will only understand force, but we don't have to go to war and we should focus on containing them. He stated that we have a vital and peripheral areas and that we just have to keep them from spreading to our vital areas of interest (Western and Eastern Hemisphere and Japan). In order to contain the Soviet Union, we needed military alliances, military preparedness and he recommends foreign aid.
George F. Kennan was the US Diploment responsible for urging the policy of containment during the soviet expansion.
During the Cold War, diplomat George Kennan proposed the policy of containment to prevent the spread of communism. This strategy aimed to restrict Soviet influence and communist expansion by supporting countries vulnerable to Soviet pressure. Kennan believed that through diplomatic, economic, and military means, the U.S. could contain communism and eventually lead to its decline.
George Kennan's "Long Telegram" essentially depicted the USSR driven by expansionist Communist ideology. It gave the soviets the name that they would constantly probe for weaker nations.
U.S. action chose containment as a response to the spread of communism during the Cold War, primarily influenced by the belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow—a theory known as the "domino effect." This strategy was articulated by diplomat George F. Kennan, who argued for a firm and vigilant approach to prevent Soviet expansion. The policy was implemented through various means, including military alliances (like NATO), economic aid (such as the Marshall Plan), and direct military intervention in conflicts like the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Ultimately, containment aimed to limit Soviet influence globally without provoking direct military confrontation.
a doctrine of containment :p
George F. Kennan
George F. Kennan, toward the Truman doctrine
Truman and George F Kennan (the "father of containment")
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He was a diplomat/politician and a cold warrior. He was famous for "the policy of containment".
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Containment
George F. Kennan was the US Diploment responsible for urging the policy of containment during the soviet expansion.
Origins of Containment
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.