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Topic cold war two different ideolagy communism limits on communism threat to U.S. because leaders felt the best way to obtain this is through revolution intent to export revolution root of cold war has roots inn depression soviet union had an i otld you so attitude, no love lost forced alliance in WWII strange bed-felllows aftermath of war germany got squashed between europe and soviet union resentment brewed last days of way our soldiers wer on western front soviet union bore brunt of battle on eastern front su broke promice of helping us in japan frutration was building stalin said he would receed and allow free and proper elections in eastern europe instead, pulled all countries into su we had good reason to fear communism the a bomb china fell truman doctrine containment drew lie in sand, korea - rst large scale v. communism dicotomy of postwar properity, and happy times docmentary churchill gave iron curtain speech in fulton evils of stalin lack of jobs for vets turned ot economic upturn levitt and levitville 180 houses built per week suburbs, sprawl added 25 million kids no rewards for blacks or women truman drafted rst civil rights to congress deseg military and govern rst black man to play prof baseball jackiee robinson second most popular man behind bing crosby 46-50 new developments we essential to those devestated

rst black man to play prof baseball jackiee robinson 46-50 new developments we essential to those devestated su lost 20 million never to be that vulnerable again 400k in okinawa us wrote a new constitution japan, america only europ both su and maerica total destruction in germany threat of communism where missery and povert can turn to communism the red menace 13billion in us aid marshall plan; strong and prosperous us helps europe churchill was right about iron curtain , lasted 40 years became tense in berlin stalin cut supply lines leave or break in "bombed" in food and fuel and medicin stalin ended blockade in 1949 also det atomic bomb we did not trust the russians lived day to day of nuclear threat, home bomb shelters moa and china korea, another draft 1050 3 yrsm 53 thousand ofcial police action no welcome home like wwII forotten war red scare from within mc carthy era fear, uncertaintly, micky spillane from typical gangsters to ghting communism success of this was a litmus of nation's fear hollywood red scare cark reuber 3 million americans were investigated cold war set americnas against americans wwII goals were clear cold war was not mc carthur was found insubordinate 1952 H bomb 1k times stronger 1952 wwII hero eisenhour

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