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Pros And Cons Of Containment

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Containment created by George F. Kennan in 1947, the idea that communism needed to be stopped or isolated from spreading to other countries throughout the world. “Downplaying…Communist Ideology…”(Roark, 2017, 775) United States saw communism as a way that controlled people’s private thoughts and lifestyles. This meant no more democratic freedom or civil liberties for the people. “United States feared…domino effect…”( Wilde, R. 2017) The Domino theory was that if one country turned to communist that countries around it would eventually turn to communism. America used methods of containment to make sure this theory wouldn’t come true and wanted to make sure communism didn’t spread to the United States or other none communist countries political

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