Containment As Political Imperialism The First Indochina War

Résumé: As a result of the increased cold war threat of communism, the united states of America changed its national security strategy. This strategy is known as containment policy that was introduced and formulated by the american diplomat George F. Kennan through his long telegram and article 'X'. In his works, Kennan, outlined the main aim from this new foreign policy that is to contain the spread of communism in the world. The containment policy was adopted by successive american presidents among them Harry Truman along his presidency from 1945 till 1953. Indeed, containment as a strategy shaped most of Truman's policies of intervention in european, Asian and the middle east countries. In fact, The first Indochina war was Truman's first attempt to implement containment between 1946 and 1954 under the name of promoting peace and democracy all over the world. The present dissertation, then, examines the real imperial aim from this policy of containment. This work contends that American foreign policy of containment; 1945-1953 under the presidency of Truman is purely a Political imperial strategy that seeks to accomplish self political, economic and military security interests all over the world.

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