CHAPTER OUTLINE

Demobilization under Truman The Truman style Truman’s background and character Domestic proposals of 1945 Demobilization Rapid reduction of armed forces Escalation of birthrate Efforts for economic stabilization Attempts to control inflation Demands for wage increases A wave of strikes Truman’s response to strikes Efforts to control prices The end of controls Partisan conflict Elections of 1946 Republican Congress Taft-Hartley Act Efforts for tax reduction The National Security Act Development of the cold war Creating the United Nations Background of the U.N. Scheme of its operations U.S. ratification of U.N. membership Differences with the Soviets Historical debate Problems relating to eastern Europe Development of the peace treaties Nuclear weapons Development of the containment policy Kennan’s theory Problems in Iran, Turkey, and Greece The Truman Doctrine Greek-Turkish Aid The Marshall Plan The proposal European response Division of Germany Merger of Allied zones Berlin Blockade Berlin Airlift Creation of West and East Germany Development of NATO Establishment of Israel Truman’s domestic policies Civil rights Wartime background Truman administration Truman’s attitude Committee on Civil Rights Segregation in military Professional baseball Jackie Robinson Branch Rickey Truman’s game plan Reelection plan Policy agenda Efforts for civil rights for blacks The 1948 election The Republican position Democratic battle over civil rights Creation of the Dixiecrats Wallace’s Progressive party Nature of the campaign Election results Assessment of the results The fate of the Fair Deal The cold war heats up Point Four Program China’s fall to communism History of the movement in China Assessment of the Communist victory Soviet atomic bomb Work on the hydrogen bomb Decision to maintain peacetime military force The Korean War Background to the conflict Responses to the invasion U.N. action Truman’s decisions Strengthen NATO Aid to French in Indochina Military developments Rout of the U.N. forces Counterattack The decision to invade the North Entry of the Chinese Communists The dismissal of MacArthur Reasons for the action Reactions to the firing Negotiations for peace Another Red Scare HUAC The Truman loyalty program The Alger Hiss case Conviction of spies McCarthy’s witch-hunt The emergence of Senator McCarthy Assessment of his tactics McCarran Internal Security Act Assessing the cold war