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We must formulate and put forward for other nations a much more positive and constructive picture of the sort of world we would like to see than we have put forward in the past. It is not enough to urge the people to develop political processes similar to our own. Many foreign peoples, in Europe at least, are tired and frightened by experiences of the past, and are less interested in abstract freedom than in security. They are seeking guidance rather than responsibilities. We should be better able than the Russians to give them this. And unless we do, the Russians certainly will.
- George Kennan
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What is George Washington telling the American citizens about foreign countries?
America should not get involved in the affairs of Europe.
Both the federalist and the democratic republicans believed that the country should?
Stay out of foreign affairs.
Both the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans believed that the country should?
Stay out of foreign affairs
What does George Kennan thinks about containment?
Containment was coined by George Kennan, one of our few Russian experts and serves as an ambassador to Russia. He looks at the problem with the Soviet Union and writes the Long Telegram and said the soviets will only understand force, but we don't have to go to war and we should focus on containing them. He stated that we have a vital and peripheral areas and that we just have to keep them from spreading to our vital areas of interest (Western and Eastern Hemisphere and Japan). In order to contain the Soviet Union, we needed military alliances, military preparedness and he recommends foreign aid.
Said that countries should stay out of the affairs of other countries?
James Monroe
