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CONTAINMENT: 40 Years Later : The Cold War

Walter Lippmann
Spring 1987
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Mr. X's article is . . . not only an analytical interpretation of the sources of Soviet conduct. It is also a document of primary importance on the sources of INTRODUCTION: American foreign policy--of at least that part of it which is known as the Truman Doctrine.

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