Examples of "containment" policy in the following topics:
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The Cold War and Containment
- Truman's Containment policy was the first major policy during the Cold War and used numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- The word containment is associated most strongly with the policies of United States President Harry Truman (1945–53), including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a mutual defense pact.
- President Lyndon Johnson (1963–69) cited containment as a justification for his policies in Vietnam.
- Kennan was the diplomat behind the doctrine of containment.
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Containment to Rollback
- By attempting to push North Korean forces beyond the 38th parallel, the US pursued a policy of "rollback" rather than containment.
- Rollback is the rival doctrine to containment, the policy of merely stemming the expansion of communism .
- Containment is associated most strongly with the policies of U.S.
- Douglas MacArthur, moved the United States toward a stronger commitment to the containment policy.
- US policies sought to either contain the Soviet communist influence, or "roll" it back.
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Containment in Foreign Policy
- Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- Containment is associated most strongly with the policies of U.S.
- Truman approved a classified statement of containment policy called NSC 20/4 in November 1948, the first comprehensive statement of security policy ever created by the United States.
- George Kennan's foreign policy analysis is examined and the pillars of containment are discussed.
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Containment in Vietnam
- The Vietnam War was fought on the principle that the spread of communism needed to be contained.
- The U.S. war in Vietnam was fought on an ideology that communism and the spread of the Soviet Union needed to be contained, a policy that was contested in U.S. politics in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Nixon, who replaced Johnson in 1969, moved away from containment to his foreign policy of détente, or a relaxation of tension.
- Nixon reduced U.S. military presence in Vietnam to the minimum required to contain communist advances, a policy called Vietnamization.
- Distinguish between Goldwater's stance on victory, Johnson's adherence to containment, and Nixon's move toward détente as foreign policies in Vietnam.
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Containment
- Containment was the Cold War policy of preventing the spread of Soviet communism (while not confronting it where it already existed).
- Containment was a U.S. policy that used numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- The word containment is associated most strongly with the policies of U.S.
- President Lyndon Johnson (1963–69) cited containment as a justification for his policies in Vietnam.
- Summarize the U.S. policy of containment, citing specific examples of its application
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"The Hour of Maximum Danger"
- Kennedy felt that the spread of communism (the "hour of maximum danger") required the policy of containment.
- Kennedy felt that the spread of communism (the "hour of maximum danger") required the policy of containment.
- Some of the most notable events that stemmed from tenets of JFK's foreign policy initiatives in regard to containing the threat of communism were the Kennedy Doctrine, the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- Part of Kennedy's foreign policy of containment was the Kennedy Doctrine, which refers to Kennedy's foreign policy initiatives towards Latin America during his term in office between 1961 and 1963.
- This propaganda book warns of the danger of a communist revolution—something that JFK's policy of containment sought to fight against.
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Policy Evaluation
- Policies may be evaluated according to a number of standards.
- Policies may also be substantively evaluated through careful, honest feedback from those affected by the policies.
- Policy evaluation can take place at different times.
- Policies can be difficult to assess.
- Policies may also contain multiple objectives that may not be compatible.
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Corporate Policies
- There is often a disconnect between a company's ethics policies and its actual practices.
- These policies can be simple exhortations in broad, highly generalized language (typically called a corporate ethics statement), or they can be more detailed policies, containing specific behavioral requirements (typically called corporate ethics codes).
- It is hoped that having such a policy will lead to greater ethical awareness, consistency in application, and the avoidance of ethical disasters.
- Not everyone supports corporate policies that govern ethical conduct.
- Examine how corporate policies may lead to greater ethical awareness, consistency in application, and the avoidance of ethical disasters in an organization
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Foreign Policy
- A country's foreign policy includes all of the policies it develops to pursue its national interests as it interacts with other countries.
- Foreign policy is designed to protect the national interests of the state.
- Modern foreign policy has become quite complex.
- In the past, foreign policy may have concerned itself primarily with policies solely related to national interest--for example, military power or treaties.
- The main foreign policies during the Cold War were containment, deterrence, détente, arms control, and the use of military force like in Vietnam.
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The Military Implementation of Containment
- Containment was the major Cold War policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
- Containment represented a middle-ground position between detente (the easing of strained political relations) and rollback (forcing change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime).
- Truman blamed MacArthur's focus on victory and adopted a "limited war" policy.
- For his part, MacArthur denounced Truman's "no-win policy."
- US success at Incheon encouraged UN and US forces to pursue a policy of rollback in Korea.