Containment

The Vietnam War was one of the most divisive conflicts in American history. The drawn out clash grew from a financial show of support for an ally to an endless war that cost American lives,and confidence. The war dragged on for years despite growing peace movements and disillusionment with the government. Despite all this America stayed involved in the war for decades. Understanding why America stayed in the conflict is important to understanding the second half of 20th century America. America became involved in Vietnam due to its policy of containment under the Truman Doctrine. As France retreated in the face of radical nationalists in Indochina, America moved in in an attempt to push back the rising tide of communism in the area. America’s…

emerged as a new superpower capable of tremendous influence. The United Sates recognized the strength of the Soviet Union and the vulnerable state of many European countries. And American officials feared a possible expansion of communism in Europe. The United States hoped to differ communist expansion and protect capitalism among European countries. This led to a series of containment policies by the United states to protect American ideology overseas. Throughout the cold war, methods of…

The 1955-75 Vietnam War, known in Vietnam as the “Resistance War against America”, motivated by the United States’ doctrine of containment of communism, represents a remarkable turning point in this doctrine’s implementation. The doctrine of containment had the goal of “[preventing] the Soviet Union from […] reshaping the postwar international order”, a prospect as dangerous to the West as Germany’s or Japan’s attempt (Gaddis 4). World War II, and more precisely Pearl Harbour, had also “ended…

The issue of containment has long been one that permeated the cold war. The idea behind the Truman Doctrine was to provide assistance to countries who were at risk of being taken by communism. It offered a new wave of American Foreign policy. In previous years we had only become involved in conflict when it directly impacted us as a country. But this changed with the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine essentially gave countries that had internal or external pressure to join the communist…

Bombs & Eagles Containment is the action of keeping something harmful under control, a policy that prevents expansion of a hostile country being influenced. In 1950, the U.S did just that towards Southeast Asian countries, especially in Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia. Geographically the countries were located next and under China and Russia, therefore it was not wrong to stay cautious and be concerned of the “sphere of communism” spreading into the countries like a domino effect. However, during…

The policy of containment was used from 1945 to 1990 to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism to other nations and the United States. Communism was the opposite of democracy and the United States wanted to prevent this and the Soviet Union from expanding without direct confrontation or war; thus was born the US Foreign policy of containment. This foreign policy was used from 1945 to 1990 and it has had many failures and success throughout these years. Although some may think the US…

Cost containment, better quality of care, and patient safety are the issues that the health care system has been focusing on more in the recent years. The U.S health care cost is much higher than other developed countries such as Sweden and the United Kingdom. In 2011, the U.S spent “$8,233” on health care per person, which is “two-and-a-half times” more than most developed countries in the world (Kana). However, despite the high expenditure on health care, the U.S does not have the best health…

atomic bomb and communism was spreading throughout the United States and other Allied Countries. The United States had a method called “containment” and its purpose was to stop communism before it spread and to rid of it. The long “war” was held from 1945 till 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union were in this battle of who could create the better, bigger, and more powerful atom bomb and to get rid of communism and contain it out of the United States, to which this…

Introduction The government of the United States used Containment policy which is a geopolitical strategy used for blocking enemy communist country during the cold war. Since the Soviet Union attempted to expand its influences on the Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnams, the containment is originally a reaction to a series of acts of the Soviet Union. The term “containment” originates from the journal Foreign affairs under the pseudonym “X” which was published in July 1947(George, 1987). A…

What Events Portray Containment America fights communism by containing European countries and attempting to pull them away from a troublesome future. During WWⅡ Adolf Hitler brought communism to Germany. At the same time, Joseph Stalin was doing the same. But Hitler was killing more lives with communism than America could save with capitalism. So Truman and Stalin joined forces to try and save lives. Three ways America portrayed containment are the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, and Cuban Missile…