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Why didn’t the united states directly confront the soviet union militarily after world war ii?

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User Dlemstra
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United States wanted to avoid nuclear war so they Participated in proxy warfare instead
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User Rumal
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American leaders believed that a policy of containment would eventually cause Soviet communism to collapse from within.
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