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Containment, an Uncommon card
Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 83,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Containment quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Containment card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Containment ______ a middle-ground position between détente and rollback.
Answer
represented. Containment represented a middle-ground position between détente and rollback. From the Containment article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a ____ cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan during the post-World War II term of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Answer
1940s. The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan during the post-World War II term of U.S. President Harry S. Truman. From the Containment article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Counterintelligence. Counterintelligence 78 · Yohannes IV 75 · Containment 72 · Nine-ball 66 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The name was loosely related to the term cordon sanitaire, which was containment of the Soviet Union in the interwar period.
- Containment represented a middle-ground position between détente and rollback.
- The basis of the doctrine was articulated in a 1946 cable by U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan during the post-World War II term of U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Containment article was read about 83,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Containment
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Containment (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
