From the End of World War II Until the Late

question 57

Multiple Choice

From the end of World War II until the late 1980s, the primary item on the foreign policy agenda of American presidents was which of the following?

• A) The Arab-Israeli and other Middle East conflicts
• B) Islamist extremism
• C) Containment of communism
• D) Cooperating with European powers to halt the spread of far-right hate groups
• E) Working toward trade arrangements with "The East"

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