Which of the following is true of the policy of containment?
a. It is a strategy that originated with the Cold War.
b. It is an offensive strategy; deterrence is defensive.
c. It was used by conservative monarchical states to contain the ideology espoused by the French Revolution.
d. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union adopted containment as an official policy to balance against American power.
e. It uses only soft military power, as in economic sanctions.
Answer: c
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