[Answered] HIST405N Week 7 Discussion: American Foreign Policy during the Cold War

Initial Post Instructions
Pick three (3) of the following American Foreign policies:

  • Marshall Plan
  • Berlin Airlift
  • Containment
  • Anti-Communist Freedom Fighters
  • Vietnam (conflict) War
  • Détente’
  • SALT I & SALT II
  • Camp David Accords
  • Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed “Star Wars”)

Then, address the following for your selections:

  • Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion.
  • Based on your selections, analyze if the United States should have feared international communist subversion during the Cold War era (1945-1991).

 

Solution

During the cold war era, the United States of America took several steps to curb the spreading of the Soviet communism. One of such steps, and which form part of this discussion, is enacting the Marshal Plan. Through the Marshal plan, the United States undertook to provide crucial aid to nations based in the Western part of Europe (Corbett et al., 2017). The economies of these countries had been ripped off by the Second World War.………….please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $5