Question

What was the main goal of the United States after WWII?

Answer 1

In the years after World War II, the United States was guided generally by containment — the policy of keeping communism from spreading beyond the countries already under its influence. The policy applied to a world divided by the Cold War, a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

To try and stop communism from spreading to the countries already under it's influence.