Throughout that period it was simply presumed that the goal of containment was both justifiable and practicable (Williams 432). ... Secondly, certain facets of the war raised questions about the moral self-righteousness that had previously sustained American policy all through the period of the cold war. ... As stated by Phil Williams of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, "the Vietnam experience destroyed these preconditions and ended the period of congressional abdication from foreign policy" (436). ...

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