US history: american isolation in early cold war?

Question

How did the long American tradition of isolation from permanent foreign entanglements create tensions in U.S policy during the early Cold War?

Answer 1

Cold War Documents and Resources
Collection of primary and secondary sources on the Cold War.www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm
cold war
In early September I indicated very plainly that the United States would regard ... Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy: The Cold War ...www.hannasd.org/sths/war2/cold2.htm
Richard Crockatt, The United States and the Cold War 1941-53
... in their explanations of the get tough' American policies of the early postwar ... with a set of principles; physical isolation from Europe and the possession of ...www.baas.ac.uk/resources/pamphlets/pamphdets.asp?id

Answer 2

It created tension because the U.S. allies from Britain pressured the U.S. to have intervention within Europe in fear of the USSR taking over.