Was containment successful in
meeting US foreign policy goals?
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What were Truman’s goals?
What were Stalin’s goals?
What is containment?
What did George Kennan say would
limit Soviet expansion?
What was the Marshall Plan?
What were the Marshall Plan’s goals?
How did it work to contain
communism?
What was the Truman Doctrine and
how does it fit with containment?
What was happening in Greece and
Turkey in the late 1940’s?
Was US policy in Greece and Turkey a
success or failure of containment?
Why?
What is NATO? How does it fit with
containment?
What was the Berlin Airlift?
Was the Berlin Airlift a success or
failure of containment? Why?
What was the Korean War?
Was the Korean War a success or
failure of containment? Why?
What is the arms race and how does it
fit with containment?
What is the policy of “massive
retaliation” and how does it fit with
containment?
What happened in Hungary in 1956?
Was what happened in Hungary a
success or failure of containment?
Why?
What was the Berlin Wall? How did it
fit with containment?
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Was the Cuban Missile Crisis a success
or failure of containment? Why?
What happened in Czechoslovakia in
1968?
Was what happened in Czechoslovakia
a success or failure of containment?
Why?
What was the Vietnam War?
Was the Vietnam War a success or
failure of containment? Why?
Why did the Berlin Wall come down?
Was containment successful in
meeting US foreign policy goals?
Who would disagree and why?
What can the Cold War and
containment teach us today?
Could containment be used to control
terrorism? Why or why not?