Kennan’s essay in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” which explained the Truman administration’s policy of containment. (Kennan at the time was the ...

In his Cold War containment strategies, Truman established many of the basic foundations of America foreign policy, especially in American-Soviet relations, that would guide the nation in the decades ...

and his foreign policy initiatives including the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. The film also depicts Truman's political challenges, including the 1948 election upset and his handling of ...