How does the National Security Council document NSC-68 give us a unique picture of the thinking of American officials towards containment?

a. As it was classified until 1975, officials were unrestrained by the fear of public disclosure.
b. The year 1968 was a significant year wherein policies reified because of the Vietnam War.
c. It was the only document to identify containment as a foreign policy action.
d. It is a rare example of policy makers from the Senate and Congress working together on foreign policy.
e. It provided an opportunity of viewing containing because it dealt primarily with how to increase American policy goals in the Pacific Rim—an area rife with ideologically contested lands.


A

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