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cold war: lend or lease?
The Cold War. What was it? Who started it? Could it have been averted?… …Their mistrust of America was further sharpened right after the Japanese offered unconditional surrender on August 14,1945: a week later, President Truman officially terminated the Lend-Lease … Continue reading
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Tagged Averill Harriman, Bernard Lewis historian, Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Lend-Lease Act, Madame Pickwick, Potsdam Conference, President Truman, Soviet Aggression Finland 1939-40, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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cold war: I believe
What was the Cold War exactly? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …The morning of February 22, Secretary Marshall, speaking at Princeton University, picked up the burden that Britain had laid down. He said that “if democratic processes … Continue reading
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Tagged Argo movie, Ben Affleck Argo, Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Howard Zinn, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sam Huntington, The Cold War, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
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catching a cold war
What exactly was the Cold War? When and where did it begin? Why? Who started it and could it have been avoided?…. …In the Far East, the Japanese had also moved. They occupied Vladivostok, and the Soviets saw themselves encircled … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Columbia, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Joseph M. Jones The State Department, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, Russian Civil War, Truman Doctrine, Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Woodrow Wilson
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What exactly was a cold war?
When and where did it begin? Why? Who started it and could it have been avoided? …Although its history is vast and complex, the Cold War was essentially a struggle for power between the Soviet Union and the United States. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Joseph M. Jones, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Leon Trotsky, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine, Woodrow Wilson
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cold and chilly: before the deep freeze
What exactly was the Cold War? Who started it and could it have been averted?… …In that early Cold War summer of 1946, with the Greek government embattled and near economic collapse, the British began to consult with American officials, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Airlift 1948, Berlin Airlift 1949, Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk, Gar Alperovitz, Greek Civil War 1946, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Operation Vittles Berlin, President Truman, Secretary Byrnes America, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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the cold war?
…What exactly was the cold war? When and where did it begin? why? Who started it and could it have been avoided? These are fascinating questions that have been posed and answered by all manner of experts for the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Fletcher School of Law Tufts, Fons van Woerkom, Gar Alperovitz, Joseph M. Jones State Department, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Joseph Stalin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, President Harry Truman, The Berlin Wall, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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fifties: rosy as in pink to red
The fifties. It’s somewhat of a modern myth; that special time when joys were allegedly unsullied, the problems were happy problems, and when trust and tranquility prevailed in the land… …The dread of Communism also created a nationwide climate of … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Hawk and his Buddies, Dean Acheson, HUAC hearings, Jack Holden & Frances Kay, Jimmie Driftwood, John Carter Vincent, Joseph Mccarthy, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, McCarthy era blacklist and witch hunts, Owen J. Lattimore, Philip Jessup, Senator Joseph A. McCarthy, senator joseph mccarthy, The Kavaliers Get that Communist Joe
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