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Containment

Cover to the propaganda comic book "Is This Tomorrow"' (1947)LocationGlobal (primarily United States, Western Europe, and East Asia)LeadersGeorge F. KennanGeorge MarshallDean AchesonJohn Foster DullesPresidentsHarry S. TrumanDwight D. EisenhowerJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonJimmy CarterRonald ReaganKey eventsTruman Doctrine (1947)Marshall Plan (1948)Berlin Airlift (1948–1949)Korean War (1950–1953)Vietnam War (1955–1975)Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.

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