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The 26 pages that link to Containment, each with the reason it gives.

• Cold WarRelated: It became a central framework for American policy toward the Soviet Union.

• Truman DoctrineRelated: The doctrine turned containment from a strategic argument into declared American policy.

• Anti-communismRelated: Containment translated opposition to communism into a long-term foreign-policy doctrine.

• Iron CurtainRelated: It was the Western policy response to the expanding Soviet sphere.

• Halford MackinderRelated: Its attention to Eurasian alliances echoed strategic questions raised by Mackinder’s model.

• Political warfareRelated: Political warfare became one means of resisting Soviet expansion without general war.

• Domino theoryRelated: The theory supplied a rationale for applying containment to conflicts in Asia.

• Eisenhower DoctrineRelated: The doctrine extended containment to possible communist gains in the Middle East.

• Heartland TheoryRelated: Some analysts connect Cold War containment to strategic concerns about preventing a dominant Eurasian power.

• Nicholas SpykmanRelated: Spykman’s call to prevent Eurasian domination anticipated strategic arguments associated with containment.

• Peaceful coexistenceRelated: Containment sought to limit the rival system, while coexistence accepted continuing interaction with it.

• Hans MorgenthauRelated: Morgenthau supported resistance to Soviet power while warning against excessive commitments.

• Anti-SovietismRelated: It translated opposition to Soviet expansion into a long-term foreign policy.

• RimlandRelated: U.S. strategy around Eurasia’s margins was often interpreted through Spykman’s emphasis on the Rimland.