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Truman and Containment

Questions to consider:

  • How did the role of the US in the world change after WWII?
  • What is containment and how effective do you think this policy was?
  • What did George Kennan argue in his X article?
  • What is the Truman Doctrine and how did it change US policy towards the USSR?
  • Why did the US government think it necessary to create the Marshall Plan?
  • How far was Truman’s foreign policy a break from what had come before?
    • Congress and the Origins of the Cold War- The Truman Doctrine Author(s)- LEE EDWARDS.pdfCongress and the Origins of the Cold War- The Truman Doctrine Author(s)- LEE EDWARDS.pdf
    • M P Leffler, ‘The emergence of an American Grand Strategy, 1945-1952’.pdfM P Leffler, ‘The emergence of an American Grand Strategy, 1945-1952’.pdf
    • Reflections on Containment Author(s)- Henry Kissinger.pdfReflections on Containment Author(s)- Henry Kissinger.pdf
    • The Foreign Policy of the Truman Administration- A Post-Cold War Appraisal Author(s)- Wilson D. Miscamble.pdfThe Foreign Policy of the Truman Administration- A Post-Cold War Appraisal Author(s)- Wilson D. Miscamble.pdf
    • The Truman Presidency- Trial and Error Author(s)- Athan Theoharis.pdfThe Truman Presidency- Trial and Error Author(s)- Athan Theoharis.pdf
    • Was the Truman Doctrine a Real Turning Point? Author(s)- John Lewis Gaddis.pdfWas the Truman Doctrine a Real Turning Point? Author(s)- John Lewis Gaddis.pdf
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