Geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the context of an ideological confrontation that started roughly in 1947 and ended in 1991.
The Long Telegram
• Russian tsars sought to expand their territory throughout the centuries.
• Friction between US and Soviet Union was not a product of misunderstanding or communication between the two, but inherent to the Soviet’s perception.
• In 1947, it was published on and served as the basis of the Containment Policy
Containment Policy
• Truman on March 12, 1947 “to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movement that seek to impose on them totalitarian regimes”
• It had, at the beginning, a geographical delimitation to Western Europe and the Western Hemisphere
