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Containment Informative Essay
During the Cold War, US had a strict foreign policy called Containment. The US vowed to stop the spread of Communism. The United States' main rival liked to spread communism and the US wanted to contain it. North China was under control of Communism from the USSR. South China was next, and the US tried to stop it. Unfortunately the leader of North China was more people oriented than the leader of South China, and it fell to Communism. Next a similar situation in Korea came up. The North was controlled by USSR the South the US. This time the US did not give up so easy. The US stopped the army coming into South Korea and with the army stopped the Communism. The US wanted to keep foreign relations as less hostile as possible. When General MacArthur defied Truman directly and sent troops into North Korea, Truman dismissed him and sent the troops back. He let the Communism stay but he did not let it spread. If he would have let MacArthur continue it could have been World War III. The US kept there vow and did not let Communism spread, and in turn prevented a very near at the time, WWIII.
"Containment." Encyclopædia Britannica.
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