The war on terror replaced containment as the guiding principle of American foreign policy once

a. the United States assisted Afghanistan against a Russian invasion.
b. Saddam Hussein claimed to have weapons of mass destruction.
c. Soviet leaders acquiesced to American demands.
d. the Cold War ended.
e. the attacks of September 11, 2001 occurred.


ANS: E

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