Truman's administration fought long and hard to fend off communist Russia, however they were only partly successful at doing so. Truman was engaged in constant war from the time he arrived in office to the time he left. He fought by using diplomatic, financial, and military strategies. By the time he left, the lines of the Cold War were firmly drawn, the and the framework for fighting that war, atomic weapons, international spy agencies, and growing defense budgets, were well established.
A central and important concept of Truman’s foreign policy was Containment, proposed by Kennan (Doc B.), to contain the spread of communist influence in areas of importance and strengthen European nations who wanted to resist Communism. Truman believed that
