Did containment shape American actions abroad?

Containment Name: Institution:  How did containment shape American actions abroad for almost half a century?  During the Second World War the USA and the Soviet Union were allies. They both had emerged top of the power struggle and most of the Asian and European territories lay in ruins. It was during this time that the connections between the two superpowers broke, giving rise to the cold war. Under the presidency of harry Truman and two secretaries of the state; dean Acheson and George marshal, the USA set out to curtail the spread of communism abroad (Vietnam, Eastern Europe, Korea and China), otherwise known as the containment (Office of the historian, n.d). The idea was to reduce the influence that the Soviet Union to the other countries in the world. As part of its policies the USA went out of its way to make sure that the nations that were vulnerable in terms of economic stabilized. Most of its action during the containment, therefore involved strengthening nations abroad as a way of creating new allies. Where and how did we practice the policy of containment in the 1950s and 1960s?  In an act to contain the soviets influence, the USA funded the rebuilding process of the Turkish and Greek governments. These monies were drawn from the 400 million dollars that Truman has asked the congress to authorize (Boundless, n.d). The justification was that the free nations would most likely fall prey to the communist agendas, when they were experiencing downtimes. As such the economic boosts would help develop conditions that would nurture institutional and national freedom. In his Marshall plan, Truman sought out NATO’s support as a way of linking together the financial and military might of the western countries. This union was constituted in a treaty referred to as the Rio pact. In the treaty the parties were protect one another against any adversaries to the United States and all the member states bound by the treaty (Office of the historian, n.d). During the containment the USA thus worked towards the development of an economic market that was free. This way the U...