After World War II, a struggle between the Communist nations and the democratic

nations occurred which is known as the Cold War. The United States had a policy set up

that clearly stated that any nation invaded by a communist country would have the

assistance of the United States Government in controlling Communism expansion. This

theory was known as containment. Containment was used throughout the Cold War, and

the policy appeared to be a success by stopping communist Russia. Was the United States

wise in implementing their philosophy of containment? Since the Communist nations were

held back and did not expand their beliefs, the goal of the United States was reached and

containment served its purpose. In my opinion, enforcing containment was an excellent

During World War II, the Communist and democratic nations fought as allies

United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union could not agree on a German

into Berlin, which eventually stopped the blockade. This proved the United States loyalty

Doctrine, that the United States would help any free nation resist a Communist attack.

The United States claimed their victory and proved containment a success. My belief of

Although there was no official ending date of the Cold War, it came to a slow halt as the

non-Communist nations came together to form NATO (North Atlantic Treaty

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