4x "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential orderly political processes." - President Harry S Truman March 12,1947 This speech by President Truman represents which Cold War policy of the United States? A containment B brinkmanship C nuclear disarmament D mutually assured destruction

## Step 1<br />The problem is asking us to identify the Cold War policy of the United States that is represented by a speech given by President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947. The speech is about the United States' policy to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. The help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential orderly political processes.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />The speech is a clear representation of the policy of containment. The policy of containment was a United States foreign policy doctrine adopted by President Harry S Truman in 1947, operating on the principle that communist governments will eventually fall apart as long as they are prevented from expanding their influence.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />The other options, brinkmanship, nuclear disarmament, and mutually assured destruction, do not align with the principles expressed in the speech. Brinkmanship is a policy of pushing a dangerous situation to the brink of disaster to achieve the most advantageous outcome. Nuclear disarmament is the elimination of nuclear weapons, and mutually assured destruction is a doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale war between two or more nuclear-armed states would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.