Alan Brinkley American History 14e Chapter 27 The

Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 27: The Cold War

Highlights n Origins of the Cold War n The Collapse of the Peace n American Society and Politics after the War n The Korean War n The Crusade Against Subversion 2 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Origins of the Cold War n Sources of Soviet-American Tension – America’s Postwar Vision – Spheres of Influence n Wartime Diplomacy – Dispute over Poland 3 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Origins of the Cold War n Yalta – United Nations – Disagreements over Germany Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta, February 1945 (CORBIS / Royalty-Free) 4 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Collapse of the Peace n The Failure of Potsdam – Truman’s “Get Tough” Policy n The China Problem – Chiang Kai-shek – Restoring Japan Harry Truman (Library of Congress) 5 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Collapse of the Peace n The Containment Doctrine – Truman Doctrine n The Marshall Plan – Rebuilding Europe George F. Kennan (Library of Congress) 6 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Collapse of the Peace n Mobilization at Home – National Security Act of 1947 n The Road to NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) n Reevaluating Cold War Policy – NSC-68 7 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Collapse of the Peace Divided Europe After World War II 8 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

American Society and Politics after the War n The problems of Reconversion – GI Bill – Postwar Labor Unrest n The Fair Deal Rejected – Truman’s “Fair Deal” – Taft-Hartley Act 9 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

American Society and Politics after the War n The Election of 1948 – Democratic Defections – Truman’s Surprising Victory Election of 1948 10 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

American Society and Politics after the War n The Fair Deal Revived – Truman Stymied n The Nuclear Age – Conflicting Views of Nuclear Power – Promise of Cheap Nuclear Power Surviving nuclear war (Federal Civil Defense Agency) 11 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Korean War n The Divided Peninsula – Syngman Rhee – “Liberation” Winter in Korea, 1950 (NARA) 12 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Korean War, 1950 -1953 13 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Korean War n From Invasion to Stalemate – Truman-Mac. Arthur Controversy n Limited Mobilization – Wartime Economic Regulation Douglas Mac. Arthur (CORBIS/Royalty-Free) 14 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Crusade Against Subversion – Sources of the Red Scare n HUAC and Alger Hiss – House Un-American Activities Committee – Alger Hiss How Communism Works, 1938 (Rare Book Division, Library of Congress) 15 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Crusade Against Subversion n The Federal Loyalty Program and the Rosenberg Case – The Mc. Carran Internal Security Act – Anticommunist Hysteria n Mc. Carthyism – Mc. Carthyism’s Appeal 16 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Crusade Against Subversion n The Republican Revival – Dwight Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower (CORBIS/Royalty-Free) 17 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.