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what idea was the major justification for U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era?
Massive retaliation.
containment
the end of the cold war.
Massive Retaliation
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containment
containment-
It was a policy of containment to stop communism.
very much
communism
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.