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  • Although Kennan invented the term and policy, it was later developed by Paul Nitze into a military-based rather than economic assistance and propaganda program.
  • Containment was an alternative to war or appeasement, both unpopular strategies with the American public.
  • Kennan disagreed with many of the eventual foreign policies of the US, such as the H-bomb decision and NATO.

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