Which of the following policies was central to the 'Truman Doctrine' of 1947? a) A declaration of d\'etente - easing tensions with the Soviet Union. b) A strategy of containing communism by assisting regimes and movements fighting against it. c) A commitment to build up U.S. stockpiles of nuclear weapons. d) A resolution never to get into a war like the one in Vietnam again. Question 2 (1 point) Listen In what way did the Marshall Plan aim to inhibit the spread of communism? a) By infiltrating eastern bloc nations and undermining their communist governments. b) By improving economic conditions of Western Europe and therefore reducing people's discontentment with their current political/economic system. c) By exposing U.S. citizens who might have communist sympathies and blacklisting them. d) By placing ballistic missiles in Turkey and Italy and aiming them at the USSR.
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