America’s HistorySixth Edition

CHAPTER 26

Cold War America1945–1960

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Henretta • Brody • Dumenil

The Cold War• Descent into Cold War, 1945–1946

• George Kennan and the Containment Strategy

• Containment in Asia

The Truman Era• Reconversion• The Fair Deal• The Great Fear

Modern Republicanism• They Liked Ike• The Hidden-Hand Presidency• Eisenhower and the Cold War• Containment in the Post-Colonial World• Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

Chapter 26 Cold War America, 1945–1960

• Map 26.1 Cold War in Europe, 1955 (p. 806)

• Map 26.2 The Korean War, 1950–1953 (p. 811)

• Map 26.3 Presidential Election of 1948 (p. 815)

• Map 26.4 American Global Defense Treaties in the Cold War Era (p. 824)

• Map 26.5 The Military-Industrial Complex (p. 826)

• Figure 26.1 National Defense Spending, 1940–1965 (p. 813)

• The Perils of the Cold War (p. 800)

• Postwar Devastation (p. 805)

• The Korean War (p. 812)

• “Wonder Why We're Not Keeping Pace?” (p. 823)

• Satellite Space Race (p. 823)

• Future Israelis (p. 825)