The Korean War was the first “hot war” of the Cold War between the Soviet-led communist world and ... And its inconclusive end signaled the triumph in U.S. policy of containment over liberation.

The Korean War was wedged between World War II and Vietnam -- and often gets lost to history. Here's everything you need to know.

Containment was not particularly successful during the Cold War, and it is also unlikely to work well against China today. In reality, more than anything else, it was the Soviet Union’s own errors and ...

In 1947, George F Kennan, a former US diplomat, articulated the idea of ‘containment’, which meant that the US foreign policy should focus on long-term but firm and vigilant containment of ...

In 1947, under President Truman, George F. Kennan formulated the “containment” policy of preventing any expansion of the Soviet Union or its influence. It became “the basic United States ...