James Livingstone Critical analysis of Americas policy of Containment Block:A History 12 America’s Policy of Containment was introduced by George Kennan in 1947. This policy had a few good points but many more bad points.Kennan's depiction of communism as a "malignant parasite" that had to be contained by all possible measures became the basis of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and National Security Act in 1947. In his Inaugural Address of January 20, 1949, Truman made four …showed first 75 words of 1069 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1069 total…Communist crazy. People were paranoid and many people’s lives were destroyed. This lasted until McCarthy died in the late fifties. The Containment Policy won out in the end and caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. This was not a good thing because that left only one superpower in the world with nothing to keep it in check. Despite its many flaws, the Containment Policy eventually achieved its goal - the destruction of communism.