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'''Containment''' was the policy of the [[United States]] after [[World War II]] to assist small countries in their resistance against [[communism]].  The idea was to counter act the [[Soviet]] pressures so that communism would not spread further.

'''Containment''' was the policy of the [[United States]] after [[World War II]] to assist small countries in their resistance against [[communism]].  The idea was to counter act the [[Soviet]] pressures so that communism would not spread further.

The term was coined by diplomat [[George F. Kennan]] in 1946, in an anonymous article written to the journal ''[[Foreign Affairs]]''.  Kennon stressed that the Soviet Union did not intend to be at peace with the United States, and that containing it was of utmost importance.

The term was coined by diplomat [[George F. Kennan]] in 1946, in an anonymous article written to the journal ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', titled ''The Sources of Soviet Conduct''.  Kennan argued that the Soviet Union suffered from paranoia and fear of foreign invasion, and thus would seek to build a network of buffer states.  However, Soviet leaders were also inherently risk averse and would quickly back down when confronted with an American show of force.

Containment was a major part of the [[Truman Doctrine]], laid out in 1947.

Containment was a major part of the [[Truman Doctrine]], laid out in 1947 and first applied in Greece and Turkey.

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