Describe the Truman Doctrine and the Policy of Containment

question 18

Essay

Describe the Truman Doctrine and the policy of containment. Out of what assumptions about foreign policy did this strategy emerge, and what were its long-term implications?

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Definitions:

Experimental Control

Eliminating the influence of an extraneous variable on the outcome of an experiment by keeping the variable constant in the experimental and control groups.

Spurious Relationship

A false association between two variables that appears to be causally linked but is actually due to an extraneous variable.

Nonexperimental Method

Use of measurement of variables to determine whether variables are related to one another. Also called correlational method.

Nonexperimental Method

A research method where the researcher observes and records behavior without manipulating any variables.