Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions in the world during the period 1945-1975. East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East.
The United States Cold War policy of containment was generally seen as a failure in Southeast Asia since it foccussed heavily on the War in Vietnam, which was widely seen as a failure and hated in the US. It was slightly less effective even in the Middle East, which was much closer to Soviet control.