Truman and the post-war years

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : «Truman and the post-war years During and due to the War economy, the American factories had been very active. They bustled with triple shifts. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Stimulation of the Black Americans.. The rising of the wind.. The Atlantic Charter.. Cold War and the reasons for its development.. Bretton Woods Conference.. Creation of the world bank.. Post World War 2 issues.. The American-Soviet...»

The Foreign Policy Transition: Isolationist to Internationalist

Political science   |   Political science   |   School essay   |   10/08/2007   |   .doc   |   3 pages
Document abstract : « the United States had relied for years were neutralized. where FDR was replaced by Harry Truman was a This post-war period singled the change of foreign policy ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The United States and its isolation following World War I. It's inability to ignore the battle in Europe during WWII. The end of diplomatic relations between the USSR and United States . Conclusion....»

Was there ever any realistic chance of an accommodation between the United States and the People's Republic of China in 1949/50?

Political science   |   International relations   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « be another step in the USSR s post-war expansion like Since 1947, with the proclamation of the Truman doctrine, the by the United States as a war against the ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. No chance of an accommodation in a bipolar world.. Two ideologies completely opposed.. Contradictory policies.. The 'lost chance'?. Early 1949: An open-ended strategy.. Interests in finding an...»

Harry S. Truman: The man from Missouri

Arts & media   |   Journalism   |   Presentation   |   12/18/2008   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « had been pushing for an escalation of the war into China, and when music critic Paul Hume of the Washington Post wrote a scathing review of Truman s daughter ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Character.. A keen sense of duty and hard work. . A man of integrity.. Truman's only ambition.. Truman's modesty and humility.. His under-whelming qualifications for the presidency. . The only close male friend Harry Truman ever...»

President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima: Was there a realistic alternative to this course of action?

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/21/2009   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « diplomatic tool to negotiate the post-war situation over Harry S. Truman, Memoirs (New York: New American 1176, Russian Participation in the War Against Japan ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The unconditional surrender of the Japanese.. Disintegration of power by the Japanese.. The collapse of Germany.. The fire bombing of Tokyo.. The psychological effects on the Japanese.. The writing by Eisenhower.. The use of A-bomb in...»

The civil war in Greece: the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   07/27/2006   |   .doc   |   12 pages
Document abstract : « forces to come to the stage after years of political that the Soviet Union was responsible for the post-war crisis in Greece and the Truman administration s ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The Greek civil war: A dual conflict. The Greek context. The Greek civil war and its international aspect. The Anglo American intervention in the Greek civil war. Great Britain's intervention. The American relief. The signification of...»

Japan since 1945-left Asia to join the West?

Political science   |   International relations   |   Research papers   |   01/12/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « this decision changed through the years, how has President Truman ordered then MacArthur to evacuate American During the post-war period, under the American ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. 1945: The American Occupation accelerates the idea of Japan 'leaving Asia to join the West'.. The political point of view.. The economic point of view.. The social point of view.. Japan decides to focus again on Asia 1970's.. The...»

The American way of life in the fifties

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   01/16/2009   |   .doc   |   5 pages
Document abstract : « to the social and cultural pattern of the post-war era, it had been comforted by the New Deal, Truman carried on of foreign affairs in a context of Cold War. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Suburbia and consumerism.. Family life and sex roles.. Popular culture, tv, elite culture.. Politics in the 1950's.. Conclusion.....»

Why did communism become established in Eastern Europe after the Second World War?

History & geography   |   Modern history   |   Presentation   |   01/15/2009   |   .doc   |   7 pages
Document abstract : « the Cold War is 1947 with the Truman declaration about and had to) take advantage of the post-war context for communism to last in Eastern Europe for 45 years. ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The reasons why communism was implemented in Eastern Europe.. Two 'exclusive zones of influence'. . The efficient presence of the Red Army in the occupied countries. . The Soviets chasing off the Nazis from Eastern Europe.. The role...»

An analysis of one of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches: "The Sinews of Peace" or the Iron Curtain speech.

Political science   |   Political science   |   Presentation   |   07/07/2008   |   .doc   |   6 pages
Document abstract : « his gratitude for the opportunity extended to him by President Truman to speak to Historians examining Churchill s career in the post-World War II era ...»

Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The Speech.. The Situation.. Occasion.. Audience.. Circumstances.. Speaker's Identity.. Conclusion.....»

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