Complete 12 page APA formatted essay: Detail and explain the evolution in US Grand Strategy from one of Containment to the current situation under Obama. Providing examples of the impact of individual

Complete 12 page APA formatted essay: Detail and explain the evolution in US Grand Strategy from one of Containment to the current situation under Obama. Providing examples of the impact of individuals and events in the development of US strategic thinking.

For example the coming of age of Marshal as the Secretary of State, the following by presence of the notable Henry Kissinger (Hitchens, 2012, p. 9) and leading on to the appointment of First Black president in the form of President Barack Obama, all are the instances where U.S has played its role in a declaratory or through diplomatic manner towards the resolution of issues in global sphere. Seeing the impact of the isolation and negligence on account of U.S’s non participation in the global affairs between the First and Second World War, United States felt obliged breaking the shackles and getting into a policy of global participation.

In the post World War scenario the world saw rise of two super powers, namely United States of America and Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R) (McElreath, et al., 2013, p. 21). Since the world had seen the destruction and damages of all kinds, it could not afford another direct war. The U.S was fully mindful of this fact and as a result adopted a policy of countering the rise of the Communist state through a counter strategy. The counter strategy was not to get engaged directly, rather through indirect means and measures. This included economic funding, diplomatic activities, partnerships and allies creating in bid to foil the spread of Socialists agenda against the Capitalist objectives.

The containment policy was a result and response to the actions undertaken by Soviet Union. This came about in the post world war Second circumstances. Since Soviet Union had worked on its strengths, it had given a lot of sacrifices and it had played an important role towards outplaying Germany, as a result it wanted more influence in the regions. One of the general examples is that of Poland. Poland had been used as a corridor to attacking Russia in both the world wars (Polley, 2000,p 114). In order to avoid such mishap in future, Russia wanted pro soviet governments in these regions. The Eastern bloc in the