George Kennan's concept to limit Soviet influence which led to the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan?

• A. Truman Doctrine
• B. Marshall Plan
• C. Containment Strategy
• D. Isolationism

Answer: (C)

Containment is the approach George Kennan argued for to limit Soviet influence by preventing its expansion into new areas through a steady, patient mix of political resolve, economic support, and, if needed, military deterrence. Kennan warned that the USSR aimed to spread its influence, but a determined containment could keep it from increasing its range. This idea became the guiding policy of the early Cold War. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan are concrete expressions of containment: the Doctrine promised aid to free peoples resisting subjugation, especially in Greece and Turkey, while the Marshall Plan provided economic aid to rebuild Western Europe to reduce the appeal of communism. Isolationism, by contrast, would avoid these entanglements and is not what Kennan advocated.