Which of the following events did NOT help to confirm U.S. belief in the importance of containing the spread of communism?
A) the Soviet detonation of the atomic bomb
B) the fall of China to communism
C) the creation of NATO
D) the North Korean invasion of South Korea
Answer: C
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