who was president when the cold war began?

Question

was it JFK and the Cuban missile crisis, or even before?

Answer 1

The Cold War began almost immediately after the end of WW II. The allies could not come to agreement on how the German state was to be restructured; and what influence the Soviet Union would play in Eastern Europe on a permanent basis.

This led to great suspicion on both sides. So, the first Cold War President was Harry Truman who's presidency began in 1945 -- the end of WW II, and the start of the Cold War.

Answer 2

Harry Truman. And it was way before the Cuban missile crisis.

Answer 3

cold war began way before the cuban missile crisis. and the president who was in office when the cold war began was truman i believe.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm

Answer 4

It was Harry Truman. The cold war began in 1946, shortly after WW2, when Russia took control of Germany, and split it into 2. This is where the tensions began, and it only escalated from there.

Answer 5

i am very disappointed with everyone else who has answered......... wars can overlap each other you know!!! just saying when WW2 ended isnt right!

the cold war was never formal, there were no declarations or invasions (never a shot fired)

because of that, you have to go back to when the USA and Russia (or USSR) began fighting over Communism and Capitalism

First you need to look at the The Russian Revolution (1917)when Russia changed from a monarchy (Czar Nicholas II) to a communist state

You could choose that as the beginning but to really officially call it the begininng you have to have some arguments. The first arguments over communism and capitalism began............

after world war ONE

WOODROW WILSON wrote his famous article called "The Fourteen Points" which refuted Lenin's (USSR leader) claim that WW1 was only a fight between capitalist states

The Fourteen Points were published on Jan. 8th, 1918 and they began the cold war by beginning an essential argument between communism and capitalism that WAS the cold war.

(in short..... the cold war was damn long and it was woodrow wilson)

Answer 6

Harry Truman

Answer 7

The Cold War started as soon as World War II ended. So Truman is who you're looking for.

Answer 8

President Truman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm

Answer 9

Eisenhower..oh am sorry the other answers were more correct. Eisenhower had to deal with the Cold War but it did begin with the Russians directly after WWII during Truman's term.

Answer 10

Harry S. Truman