Unit 3 Essay: The Containment Policy

Unit Essay: The Containment Policy

In order to get credit for this project you must write an essay on the following topic:

The Containment Policy

The official policy of the US towards communism throughout the Cold War was summed up in a policy called The Containment Policy. The idea of this policy was to prevent communism from spreading, and the US did this in a variety of ways on a variety of fronts. Using three specific examples of the US implementing this policy, write an essay of 600 words or more explaining whether or not the Containment Policy was a success or not. Helpful links:

The Marshall Plan

The Greek Civil War 

NATO

The Chinese Civil War

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Cuban Missile Crisis

This is an easy essay to write: pick three of the following items and read the Wikipedia articles considering the goals of America and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and ask yourself, "Who won? US or USSR?" and this gives you the answer to the success/failure of containment for that particular example. Turn your three examples into your three body paras and make sure to discuss the success or failure of the Containment Policy throughout your essay.