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This 7 page paper supports a thesis that suggests containment began not in 1945 but in 1917. Foreign policy as well as domestic life between 1945 and 1965 is discussed. Containment is defined and discussed in depth. Relevant documents are evaluated. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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eventually destroy the Communist system" (Safire, 1993, p. 146). This is a policy that became well known during the Vietnam era. Arguably, it was something that existed well before that
time. A student argues that containment is a policy that actually began prior to World War II. The student argues that containment " began not in 1945 but in 1917."
The student then expands the word however to include events which occurred after the Second World War and through the mid-1960s. What is the relevance of the word containment
to foreign policy as well as domestic life between 1945 and 1965? What needed to be contained? What strategies were involved in respect to containment? To answer this essay question,
a student ought to look at this as a two-part question. That is, containment was a foreign policy strategy that was discussed much during the 1940s but arguably began not
with World War Two, but as early as World War One. The second part of the question goes to the ramifications of containment policy and a mindset that enveloped the
1920s through the 1960s, not only in terms of foreign policy, but in respect to the culture as well. Some history is important here. The policy of containment was
very visible during the 1940s. It prompted at that time the idea to create military bases in friendly nations (Safire, 1993). It also is related to the initiation of the
Marshall Plan as well as other things like Point Four aid, which was aimed at underdeveloped countries (Safire, 1993). Additionally, it was perhaps responsible for the rebuilding of military power
(Safire, 1993). Again, the policy of containment arguably began well before this period of time. Some Soviet analysts look at foreign policy in two parts, one of which was
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