eliminate communism in countries that already had a communist government
The reason was to prevent the expansion of Communism into Southeast Asia. The US called it the "dominoe theory."
JFK's Cold War foreign policy was called containment. The US did not attempt to overthrow existing communist governments but it did not want to allow any non-communist nations to be taken over by communism. The spread of communism was to be contained.
Truman created it
No, he is not a communist.
Communist containment.
Communist containment.
Communist containment (aka Soviet Containment)
Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.
Communist containment.
It was called the CONTAINMENT POLICY.Please see this WikiAnswers Article which details how Containment worked.
Communist containment.
Communist containment.
Communist containment. Push them back, then keep them there.
containment
Soviet (Communist) containment.
Deterrence and Containment