Some historians have argued that the development of the policy of containment after the Second World War marked a turning point in United States foreign policy. Support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence.

-adopted policy to halt the expansion of communist influence
-after WWII, U.S. obtained a role as a global leader
-created by George Kennan
-primary U.S. foreign policy from Truman Doctrine (1947) to fall of Berlin Wall (1989)
-involvement in Vietnam grew out of commitments and assumptions of containment
-Effects of containment
~As a global leader, U.S. abandons former policy of isolationism
~involvement in many more foreign entanglements (i.e. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq.

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albertoaleman albertoaleman · Answer 1 · 2020-03-28T03:29:06+01:00

Answer:

I support this idea.

Explanation:

Arguments in favor:

- -After WWII, U.S. obtained a role as a global leader and abandons isolationism.

- It adopted policy to halt the expansion of communist influence that was developed and framed by George Kennan, a US diplomat serving in Moscow.

- involvement in Korea and Vietnam grew out of commitments and assumptions of containment; the US got involved to stop the spread of communism.

- -Containment was the U.S. doctrine of the Cold War, the primary U.S. foreign policy from Truman Doctrine (1947) to fall of Berlin Wall (1989).