George Kennan's "Long Telegram" (1946) advocated US policy of
- A
Détente — accommodation through arms-control treaties
- B
Isolation — withdrawing from European affairs entirely
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Containment — preventing Soviet expansion through political, economic, and military means
- D
Rollback — actively liberating Soviet-occupied states by force
Explanation
Kennan diagnosed Soviet expansionism as ideologically driven and counterable through "patient but firm and vigilant containment." Foundation of Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO.