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Why was president Truman a great Cold War president?

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Truman, unlike his predecessor FDR, had no illusions about Joseph Stalin or the Soviet Union. He realized that communism was evil and had to be stopped. read more

During Truman’s initial months in office, the war in Europe ended when the Allies accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 8; the United Nations charter was signed; and the president participated in the Potsdam Conference to discuss postwar treatment of Germany with Great Britain’s Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). read more

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