Containment - An Age Of Paranoia

Containment - An Age of Paranoia

Question: To want end could the era that Containment Policy was centered be considered an "Age of Paranoia" in the United States of America?

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Content/Outline:

I.Introduction [of thesis statement]

i.Assume that the reader has already read the definition on Containment

ii.Hint conflicts to be used later

iii.Closing sentence

II.Fear of Russia

i.Iron Curtain [and events that required US demonstrations of power]

ii.Propaganda of the USIA

iii.SAGE

III.Fear of Internal Instability

i.Communism

ii.Crime

iii.Liberalism

IV.Fear of the Unknown

i.War and the Domino Effect

ii. "The Bomb"

iii.The Universe - UFOs

V.Conclusion

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With the clash of Capitalist and Communist ideology, the United States had to go great extremes to maintain national security and demote Russian invasion. Hence, the era of the Containment Policy is - in principle - an age of paranoia for the United States of America. After the Second World War, no one ever wants such a catastrophe to even happen again - and the fear of such an event coming to pass was astronomical; and with such fear of the collapse of Democracy, the nation of the United States - now handed the reigns of international security - had to ensure the stability of their own nation and that of others.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Stalin was on the move to expand the USSR and this raised many fears of an eventual Russian invasion into the United States itself. Not only that, but the Americans had to restore the crippled European countries that were no match for the Soviets. With that, the Americans had an immense weight on their shoulders to establish a bloc power against Russia. Beyond that - the the Americans had to persuade other civilian populations [and their own] that they were doing a just cause; they used the United States Information Agency to spread their own propaganda to make their actions just in the eyes of the populous to ensure security. Lastly, the SAGE air defense program was the greatest extent of American paranoia of Soviet Russia. SAGE,