Pointing to Russia's traditional sense of insecurity, Kennan argued that the Soviet Union would not soften its stance under any circumstances.
He extended his analysis in an article under the signature "X" in the prestigious journal Foreign Affairs. embassy in Moscow, defined the new approach in the Long Telegram he sent to the State Department in 1946. George Kennan, a top official at the U.S. Containment would, in fact, remain the cornerstone of U.S. Thus Truman decided on a strategy known as "containment," in which the Soviets would be prevented-militarily if necessary-from using force to export their ideology abroad. Like many of the statesmen of his age, he believed that the proper means of responding to an international bully was a credible threat of force "appeasement" was a dirty word, as it would only lead to new demands. To the new administration of Harry Truman, this behavior was reminiscent of Hitler's in the 1930s. Having just won a world war, they seemed intent on setting the stage for another. After driving German forces out of Eastern Europe they set about creating communist puppet states throughout the region, apparently ignoring their promises to allow democratic elections there. Containment of the Soviet Union became American policy in the postwar years.
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