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BeauI don't think he did. The US policy was one of containment of communism which led us into Southeast Asia and the Cold War for 60 years. This became the official policy for presidents from Truman to Clinton. JFK tried to change the mindset and he may have successfully completed it if he had served his second term in office.
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Who was president when the cold war began?
Harry Truman
What president was the first cold war president?
The Cold War began in 1947 and lasted until 1991. Harry S. Truman, America's 33rd President, served from 1945 to 1953. Truman was followed by Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953-1961, and John F. Kennedy from 1961-1963. The next few presidents were Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford.
Who was the president who applied the policy of containment during the cold war?
President Harry Truman isssued the policy of containment
What US diplomat conceived the policy of containment?
President Harry S. Truman created the Truman Doctrine which called for the policy of containment during the Cold War era.
Who was US President at beginning of the Cold War?
Truman actually gave the command to detonate the first nuclear weapon & he was the US president in office when man left the old world (conventional) and crossed into the atomic age in 1945. When that A-Bomb went off, the cold war began...even though the Soviets didn't get their bomb until 1949 (stolen from the US via spies).
