The containment of communism approach to U.S. foreign policy lost favor:

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The Vietnam War was a major turning point in U.S. foreign policy, as it was seen as a costly failure of the containment approach. The American public began to question the military interventionism and the belief that the U.S. could simply export democracy to other countries. As a result, many policymakers began to search for alternative strategies to contain Soviet influence, such as detente and arms control.

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