the idea of containment was used to justify u.s. foreign policy during the cold war era.
the idea of containment was used to justify u.s. foreign policy during the cold war era.
what idea was used to justify u.s. foreign policy during the cold war era?
containment
the reagan doctrine was especially significant because it represented a substantial shift in the post–world war ii foreign policy of the united states. prior to the reagan doctrine, u.s. foreign policy in the cold war was rooted in "containment", as originally defined by george f. kennan, john foster dulles, and other post–world war ii u.s. foreign policy experts. in january 1977, four years prior to becoming president, reagan bluntly stated, in a conversation with richard v. allen, his basic expectation in relation to the cold war. "my idea of american policy toward the soviet union is simple, and some would say simplistic," he said. "it is this: we win and they lose. what do you think of that?"
reagan doctrine
louis halle, a member of the u.s. policy planning staff, also wrote an influential article in "foreign affairs" in 1950. his article, "on a certain impatience with latin america", created the anticommunist intellectual framework that justified u.s. policy towards latin america in the cold war era. halle's article described that the encouragement of democracy in postwar latin america had ended. he demonstrated disgust over latin america's inability to assume autonomy and to become democratic. his rationalization towards latin america was later used to justify u.s. efforts to overthrow the left-leaning guatemalan government.
foreign affairs