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JSTOR: The Public Historian, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer, 1982), pp. 109-112 - 4 views
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Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Security Policy
Containment - 2 views
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This article comprehensively outlines the background prior to the drafting of NSC 68, the details of its publishing, and the events that followed, with special attention to the US policy of containment.
Containment - 2 views
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A comprehensive account of the background behind the drafting of NSC 68 and its aftermath, with special attention to the American policy of containment.
Puget Sound's Security Codependency and Western Cold War Histories, 1950-1984 - 1 views
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Puget Sound provides a case study of significant changes in the US foreign policy after the Korean War during the 1950s. Americans had seen the Soviet Union's expansionist tendencies which called for the implementation of NSC 68, which would contain the Soviets and the spread of communism. Casserly argues that this era had two distinct phases concerning the Cold War which were the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
Deterrence and the Arms Race: The Impotence of Power - 1 views
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This source was written by Jacek Kugler. I think it is a useful source to look at to answer our question as it provides in depth, and concise information about the tension throughout the Cold War and the Arms Race that developed between the USSR, and the United States. The article speaks on the steps taken by the SuperPowers and their reluctance to get rid of their nuclear weapons. It speaks of NSC-68 and its purpose to contain communism.
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Luc, you needed to give me three sentences which states why this source is a valuable source to use to answer our question.
On the Origins of War - 2 views
Pages 444 and 445 in this book talk about the formation of NATO and the containment of the Soviet Union. It also talks about the re-armament of US military forces and the events leading up to NSC-68.
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