TIMELINE FOR CONTAINMENT:
Harry Truman on the Campaign trail, 1948.Taken from: http:www.kennesaw.edu/pols/3380/pres/1948.html
 

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1945: Yalta Marks the end of W.W.II

1946: George F. Kennan raises concern over the communist regime in Russia by advocating containment.

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1948: Harry S. Truman becomes president, and adopts containment as a foreign policy tool.

1948: The Berlin air lift.
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1949-1953: The Korean War, a prime example of containment.
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The late 40's and early 50's: McCarthyism and the red scare.
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1953: President Eisenhower is elected, and adopts a radically different foreign policy: containment.

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