Which of the Following Statements Describes the Role State Department

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes the role State Department official George Kennan played in the onset of the cold war?

• A) He predicted that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviets would continue due to similarities between capitalism and communism.
• B) He said the United States should ignore recent events in Europe and focus on the defense of the Western Hemisphere.
• C) He recommended that the United States contain Soviet expansionist tendencies through efforts to undermine the appeal of Soviet communism.
• D) He urged the use of military force to liberate Eastern Europe from the Soviet Union and advised Truman to bomb the Russians.
• E) He expressed certainty that the Soviet Union would come out ahead of the United States and doubted that communism would ever destabilize or collapse.

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