Answer the following questions in a 2-3 paragraph response (it should be at least 200 words). Be sure to fully answer all 3 questions below. It is very important that you read the documents prior to writing your response. In Kennan's Long Telegram, he writes that the Soviet Union was "impervious to [the] logic of reason" but that it was "highly sensitive to [the] logic of force." How does that statement connect with the policy of containment that he advocates in his article "The Sources of Soviet Conduct"? What steps does Kennan advocate that the United States take internally to help combat the Soviet Union, according to the Long Telegram? Were those steps actually taken, and do you believe they were effective?

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