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The paper gives a background on the Cold War and discusses the history behind the National Security Council Directive no. 68 (NSC-68), The paper specifically examines how the ideas from the document influenced the USA's policy of containment in the Korean War.

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"The Russian support for the North Korean invasion of the South of the peninsula drew the attention on the eventual increase in the sphere of the communist influence. From this point of view, while in the beginning president Truman was reluctant to endorse the proposal due to the possible budgetary strains such an act would create, following the unfolding events in the Korean peninsula, Truman decided to get involved in the war by supervising the withdrawal of the North Koreans to the 38 Parallel, thus making a clear statement of the position of the American diplomacy in relation to the communist threat."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Calvocoressi, Peter. (1987). World politics since 1945. New York: Longman.
• Gaddis, John Lewis. (1982). Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Kissinger, Henry. (1995). Diplomacy. London: Simon & Schuster.
• NSC 68: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security. (April 14, 1950). A Report to the President Pursuant to the President's Directive of January 31, 1950. Retrieved 7 December 2007, from http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-68-9.htm
• Nye, Joseph. (2005). Understanding international conflicts: an introduction to theory and history. New York: Pearson.

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