Before engaging in this discussion, read the appropriate material in Jones. Also, read the Truman Doctrine at the “Our Documents” Project, the National Archives and Records Administration at. Then, read George Kennan’s Mr. X article, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” in Foreign Affairs that articulated containment at. Finally, think about the importance of these documents in the context of American foreign policy. Reading these documents will give you the background for the development of the American policy of containment. Kennan was the architect of the containment policy, and the Truman Doctrine was an expression of containment as public policy by President Harry Truman. Both statements were reactions to the communist expansion in Eastern Europe and Soviet pressure on Greece and Turkey. Next, choose either the Truman Doctrine or George Kennan’s Mr. X article in Foreign Affairs. Explain how the document justified the policy of containment and argue for or against the wisdom of the policies articulated in the document/documents.
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