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title: "What was the goal of the U.S. policy of containment in the years following World War II?"  
description: "What was the goal of the U.S. policy of containment in the years following World War II?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43243/what-was-the-goal-of-the-u-s-policy-of-containment-in-the-years-following-world-war-ii  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the goal of the U.S. policy of containment in the years following World War II?

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