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The Cold War Begins 1945-1952 I. American Communities A. University of Washington, Seattle: 1. Students and Faculty Face the War II. Global Insecurities at War's End A. Two Superpowers: U.S. v. Soviet Union B. Financing the Future 1. Bretton Woods Conference a. World Bank and IMF C. The Division of Europe 1. Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 2. Divided Germany D. The United Nations and Hopes for Collective Security III. The Policy of Containment A. Winston Churchill: "Iron curtain" 1. U.S. and "containment" B. The Truman Doctrine 1. Greece and Great Britain 2. George F. Kennan C. The Marshall Plan 1. Economic Rebuilding: Western Europe D. The Berlin Crisis and the Formation of NATO 1. Berlin blockade and "airlift" 2. U.S. commitment E. Atomic Diplomacy 1. U.S. monopoly and U.N. failure 2. U.S. and Soviet Union IV. Cold War Liberalism A. "To Err Is Human" 1. Aftermath of WWII 2. Taft-Hartley Act B. The 1948 Election 1. The ADA and Truman 2. "do-nothing" Congress 3. Desegregation of Armed Forces a. "Dixiecrats" C. The Fair Deal 1. National Housing Act of 1949 V. The Cold War at Home A. National Security Act of 1947 1. NSC and CIA B. Loyalty-Security Program 1. Executive Order 9835 2. McCarran Act (1950) C. The Second Red Scare: Hollywood 1. HUAC 2. Blacklist D. Spy Cases 1. Chambers and Hiss 2. the Rosenbergs E. McCarthyism 1. Communism and the State Department 2. Impact of television VI. Cold War Culture A. An Anxious Mood 1. Economic prosperity 2. Reality of Cold War B. The Family as Bulwark 1. Baby boom and Consumer goods 2. Women's role C. Military-Industrial Communities in the West 1. Federal government and defense D. “The American Way” VI. Stalemate for the Democrats A. Democratizing Japan and "Losing" China 1. Jiang Jeishi v. Mao Zedong B. The Korean War (1950-1953) 1. U.N.: "police action" C. The Price of National Security 1. NSC-68 D. “I Like Ike”: The Election of 1954 1. "Korea, Communism, and Corruption" 2. Eisenhower and Nixon .

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