America’s History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 26 Cold War America 1945–1960 Copyright © 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin’s 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)