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1 Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 12/e Chapter Twenty-Nine:

2 Origins of the Cold War Sources of Soviet-American Tension America s Postwar Vision

3 Origins of the Cold War Sources of Soviet-American Tension America s Postwar Vision Spheres of Influence

4 Origins of the Cold War Wartime Diplomacy Dispute over Poland Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill on portico of Russian Embassy in Teheran, during conference -- Nov Dec. 1, 1943 (Library of Congress)

5 Origins of the Cold War Yalta United Nations The United Nations Flag. (CORBIS / Royalty-Free)

6 Origins of the Cold War Yalta United Nations Disagreements over Germany Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta, Feb (CORBIS / Royalty-Free)

7 The Collapse of the Peace The Failure of Potsdam Truman s Get Tough Policy Harry Truman (Library of Congress)

8 The Collapse of the Peace The Failure of Potsdam Truman s Get Tough Policy Concession of Poland Poland Poland

9 The Collapse of the Peace The China Problem Chiang Kai-Shek

10 The Collapse of the Peace The China Problem Chiang Kai-Shek Restoring Japan

11 The Collapse of the Peace The Containment Doctrine Truman Doctrine George F. Kennan (Library of Congress)

12 The Collapse of the Peace The Marshall Plan Rebuilding Europe Dividing Europe After World War II

13 The Collapse of the Peace Mobilization at Home National Security Act of 1947

14 The Collapse of the Peace The Road to NATO Berlin Airlift Dividing Europe After World War II

15 The Collapse of the Peace The Road to NATO Berlin Airlift NATO Dividing Europe After World War II

16 The Collapse of the Peace Reevaluating Cold War Policy Flight to Taiwan Flag of Taiwan

17 The Collapse of the Peace Reevaluating Cold War Policy Flight to Taiwan NSC-68

18 American Society and Politics After the War The Problems of Reconversion GI Bill

19 American Society and Politics After the War The Problems of Reconversion GI Bill Postwar Labor Unrest

20 American Society and Politics After the War The Fair Deal Rejected Truman s Fair Deal Harry Truman (Library of Congress)

21 American Society and Politics After the War The Fair Deal Rejected Truman s Fair Deal Taft-Hartley Act

22 American Society and Politics After the War The Election of 1948 Democratic Defections

23 American Society and Politics After the War The Election of 1948 Democratic Defections Truman s Surprising Victory Election of 1948

24 American Society and Politics After the War The Fair Deal Revived Truman Stymied

25 American Society and Politics After the War The Fair Deal Revived Truman Stymied Fighting Racial Discrimination

26 American Society and Politics After the War The Nuclear Age Conflicting Views of Nuclear Power Surviving Nuclear War (Federal Civil Defense Agency)

27 American Society and Politics After the War The Nuclear Age Conflicting Views of Nuclear Power Promise of Cheap Nuclear Power Surviving Nuclear War (Federal Civil Defense Agency)

28 The Korean War The Divided Peninsula Syngman Rhee

29 The Korean War The Divided Peninsula Syngman Rhee Liberation Winter in Korea, 1950 (NARA)

30 The Korean War From Invasion to Stalemate The 38 th Parallel The Korean War,

31 The Korean War From Invasion to Stalemate The 38 th Parallel Truman-MacArthur Controversy Douglas MacArthur (CORBIS / Royalty-Free)

32 The Korean War Limited Mobilization Wartime Economic Regulation

33 The Crusade Against Subversion Sources of the Red Scare How Communism Works, 1938 (Rare Book Division, Library of Congress)

34 The Crusade Against Subversion HUAC and Alger Hiss HUAC

35 The Crusade Against Subversion HUAC and Alger Hiss HUAC Hollywood Ten

36 The Crusade Against Subversion HUAC and Alger Hiss HUAC Hollywood Ten Alger Hiss

37 The Crusade Against Subversion The Federal Loyalty Program and the Rosenberg Case The McCarran Internal Security Act

38 The Crusade Against Subversion The Federal Loyalty Program and the Rosenberg Case The McCarran Internal Security Act Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

39 The Crusade Against Subversion The Federal Loyalty Program and the Rosenberg Case The McCarran Internal Security Act Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Anticommunist Hysteria

40 The Crusade Against Subversion McCarthyism McCarthyism s Appeal

41 The Crusade Against Subversion The Republican Revival Dwight Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower (CORBIS / Royalty-Free)

42 The Crusade Against Subversion The Republican Revival Dwight Eisenhower Election of 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Library of Congress)

43 Where Historians Disagree: The Origins of the Cold War Winter in Korea, 1950 (NARA)

44 Where Historians Disagree: McCarthyism How Communism Works, 1938 (Rare Book Division, Library of Congress)

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