Containment Policies America’s approach to contain the threat of communism As it became increasingly clear that there would be a competition for power in the new world order, the United States and Russia formulated foreign polices designed to limit the expansion of the other. In the case of the United States the policy was known as containment. Simply put it was the goal of the US to contain the spread of Communism. Containment of …showed first 75 words of 1116 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1116 total…S. to take back what he had gained. He tested the resolve of the NATO alliance in countries like Turkey, Greece, and Iran (where the US forced the Soviets to withdraw their troops from the north of Iran in 1946). After Stalin acquired an atomic bomb and in conjunction with Truman’s policies, the Soviet Union and the United States met in a series of conflicts, including the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1959-1975).