The Sources Of Soviet Conduct Summary

“The Sources of Soviet Conduct” is an article that George Kennan wrote in 1947. The article discussed communism and how the only way to stop communism from spreading any further was through containment. After the release of this telegram the Truman Doctrine was established. Truman did not fully understand what Kennan’s idea was and he took it as they needed to contain communism through military warfare. Although there was a misunderstanding the policy was still affective and eventually the USSR fell. George Kennan served as a chief on the Soviet front for two years so he first handily seen the after math of the Russian Civil War. When he was in his mid 4’s he decided to write an article that was very influential. This article was “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”,
He said there was no way of living together and Marx and Lenin could take down America. The Doctrine was officially put into place on March 12th 1947. Truman wanted to help stop communism in other nations so congress agreed to provide economic aid to the military in order to help places like Greece. They believed that with communism in one nation it would continue to spread and form a “domino theory”. Truman knew places like Greece were not strong enough to fight so he made sure he stepped in to help them. Truman believed the Cold War was a choice between freedom and oppression, and even though America said they wouldn’t get involved they were obligated to do so (Clare, n.d.). Loading...Not only was the cold war a political issue but it was also a diplomatic issue. The two parties were the United Stated and the Soviet Union. Neither one of the countries wanted to fight each other in fear of what the other one was capable of. Eventually Truman decided to invade South Korea 1950. This caused America to lose some credibility. No one really knows if Kennan’s original policy was supposed to be a non-violent containment or