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 very messiness of definition and outcome in Korea has contemporary resonance, given the difficulty of imagining what a ...

In March 1947, US President Harry Truman announced his policy of “containment” when he told Congress that the US had to support “free peoples” who were resisting “armed minorities” and ...

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, 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 ...

The sweeping policy shift in the nuclear-capable country has come alongside a volley of weapons tests, the shelling of a maritime buffer zone, and calls from Kim for North Korea to accelerate war ...

Harry Truman. The Truman administration’s “loss of China” would play a significant role in the decision to move from a policy of containment to rollback and together with its allies invade ...