Truman and the Cold War I. Postwar Domestic Adjustments A. Initial faltering economy – inflation rises‚ GDP down‚ strikes 1. Taft-Hartley Act – put limits on labor unions a. Outlawed closed shop‚ labor leaders take non-Communist oath 2. Sold war factories cheaply to private companies 3. G.I. Bill – paid for school for soldiers; home‚ farm‚ and small business loans B. GDP growth lasts next two decades – Americans – 6% of population controlled 40% of earth’s $ 1. Middle class
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Just after World War II science fiction spread throughout the world‚ with the development of the atomic bomb spiking interest‚ and oracular suspense effects of nuclear war creating impacts on the science fiction genre. Technological advancement‚ space travel‚ visit to the moon and politics‚ reflected publishings during this era. Communism paranoia widely spread during the onset of the Cold War as Americans felt threatened of their freedom. USSR and the United States both within arms reach
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Churchill Churchill‚ by Arthur M. Schlesinger‚ is an autobiography on the world-renowned British Prime Minister‚ Winston Churchill. Winston was born on November 30‚ 1874‚ and although he would go on to accomplish many different things‚ he started out unsuccessful. Even though his father scolded him for his behavioral and academic issues‚ Churchill strove to try his best‚ and wanted to win the approval of his father by becoming a politician like him. Yet‚ his grades were his setback‚ so Churchill
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each other‚ a blame game was being played‚ Communists blamed capitalists for the war and vice versa. With the constant boasting and bickering between the two ideologies. While Stalin and Roosevelt stayed civil‚ Churchill and Stalin often teased each other just as Churchill claimed the prosperity of Russia’s army in the Russian Archangel in World War One stating ‘That he deserved a medal for teaching the Soviet Army how to fight so well through the intervention of Archangel’ (International Relations
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The cold war was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts. It was only limited recourse to weapons. A huge split had happened between the Soviet Union and china in the 1960s and spread over the years‚ destroying the unity of the communist. An internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union is American fear of communist attack. Because America was so afraid of the Domino effect (communism spreading)‚ the stood up to communist regimes. Another internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet
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The Cold War ‚ it was an open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. The term was used by an American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 1947. Following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945 near the close of WWII‚ the uneasy wartime alliance
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conflict with the Romans was like poking a bear with a stick. How could that possibly end well? Upon receiving news of a Jewish revolt‚ the Romans were enraged and mobilized 60‚000 professionally trained troops to take down the Galilee‚ where 100‚000 were slain or became slaves. This demoralizing loss resulted in the realization of the Jewish leaders that the revolt was unwinnable‚ but this realization was long overdue. The Jews losing the war in 66-70 can be blamed on many things‚ however the retreat
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For about 40 years plus the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. feuded with each other over their different views of economics and political ideas; this was called the Cold War.The policy of containment was to keep something isolated or preventing the growth of a certain influence. The Cold war started after World War II when the Soviet Union disliked the idea of a democracy and the U.S. disliked the idea of communism. Communists believed that everything was owned by the government and the U.S. had the economic
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The Second Persian Gulf War‚ or better known as the Iraq War is an ideal event to spark curiosity. There are two main factors that contributed to the Iraq War. They are the causes of the Iraq War‚ and the most dominant groups of people in Iraq‚ which are the Sunni and Shiite Arabs. Then there is the outcome and aftermath of the Iraq War. These two factors changed how society thinks about foreign wars. First and foremost‚ the Sunni and Shiite Arabs were the two factions that lifted the facade
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War of 1812 There were many reasons for why the war started. One reason why the war started is the British were being unfair to the Native Americans. In the fall of 1811 William Henry Harrison led U.S. troops to victory in the Battle of Tippecanoe. After the defeat‚ many Indians from the NW territory thought that they needed support from British forces in order to prevent American settlers from pushing them further out of their lands. At the same time‚ in late 1811 the War Hawks were putting more
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