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Aug 20, 2024 · Containment, strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union. First suggested by the U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan, the policy was implemented in the Truman Doctrine (1947) and the Eisenhower Doctrine (1957).
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George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment,” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947-1989) with the Soviet Union.
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War .
One man who had first hand knowledge was a Foreign Service officer, George F. Kennan. In 1946, while he was Chargé d’Affaires in Moscow, Kennan sent an 8,000-word telegram to the Department—the now-famous “long telegram”—on the aggressive nature of Stalin’s foreign policy.
George F. Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment,” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.
George Marshall devised a plan for long-term economic and industrial recovery for most of Europe. But the $10.25 billion plan was more than just a humanitarian effort, it was meant to help contain the spread of international communism.
Containment was the strategy by which the United States waged the Cold War. It had a variety of meanings at its inception, and evolved over the forty-five years of its existence. The key goals of containment were to limit the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology.
