Chapter 261. Reflections on From the Grand Alliance to Containment, Chapter 26

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Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, despite hopes for peace in 1945, clashing visions of the postwar world quickly destroyed the Soviet Union’s wartime alliance with the United States and Britain, and led the United States to develop and implement military and economic policies to control the spread of Soviet power around the globe.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, despite hopes for peace in 1945, clashing visions of the postwar world quickly destroyed the Soviet Union’s wartime alliance with the United States and Britain, and led the United States to develop and implement military and economic policies to control the spread of Soviet power around the globe.

Correct. The answer is d. The author presents the case of a divided postwar Germany as an example to support her contention that the West and the Soviet Union had divergent views of a postwar world. She suggests that the Soviet Union wanted Germany to be militarily and economically weak, while the United States and Britain hoped to promote democracy and industrial revival there. Unable to settle their differences, the Allies divided Germany into several occupation zones, which later became West Germany and East Germany.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author presents the case of a divided postwar Germany as an example to support her contention that the West and the Soviet Union had divergent views of a postwar world. She suggests that the Soviet Union wanted Germany to be militarily and economically weak, while the United States and Britain hoped to promote democracy and industrial revival there. Unable to settle their differences, the Allies divided Germany into several occupation zones, which later became West Germany and East Germany.

Correct. The answer is c. The author uses the example of the founding of the first peacetime military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as evidence to support her claim that the United States abandoned hopes for Soviet-American cooperation and committed to checking Soviet expansion after World War II.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author uses the example of the founding of the first peacetime military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as evidence to support her claim that the United States abandoned hopes for Soviet-American cooperation and committed to checking Soviet expansion after World War II.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that Stalin’s desire for friendly governments on his nation’s borders was his primary reason for insisting on postwar control in those regions.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that Stalin’s desire for friendly governments on his nation’s borders was his primary reason for insisting on postwar control in those regions.

Correct. The answer is b. The author argues that Harry Truman refused to divert more American resources to China to stop the Communist Revolution in 1949 because he recognized that Jiang Jieshi’s Nationalist government was corrupt, inept, and alienated from most of the Chinese population.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author argues that Harry Truman refused to divert more American resources to China to stop the Communist Revolution in 1949 because he recognized that Jiang Jieshi’s Nationalist government was corrupt, inept, and alienated from most of the Chinese population.

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