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Chapter VII The Postwar America
• 1.Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)
(1) 1947- Truman Doctrine, beginning of
“cold war”, suppressing the revolutionary
struggle,containment:assist any nation
merely because it was anti-communist.
(2) Marshall Plan, 1947- restore economies
of Europe.
(3) 1949- NATO against Soviet.
(4) 1950-1953 Korean War.
2. Dwight David Eisenhower(1953-1961)
(1) The Eisenhower Doctrine: retaliation,
aggression, based on superiority in nuclear
weapons.
(2)Vietnam War (1950--1973) for benefit of
American Corporate and military interests.
3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy( 1961-1963)
the only Roman Catholic president,
assassinated on November22,1963.
5.Iraq,1991-Desert Storm by claiming Iraqi
invasion and annexation of Kuwait. Gulf
War,1993,1994,1996,1998.
Yugoslavia,1999,air strike.NATO
4.Baby boom:between 1946 and 1961:more than
63.5million babies were born.
5.1972:Nixon ,the Shanghai Joint Communique.
1979:diplomatic relations.
6.Two famous black leaders:Martin Luther King—
non-violent Civil Rights movement.Malcolm X
violence.
Watergate scandal
1972, June 17,police at the Watergate arrested
five men ,who proved to be working for Nixon’s
committee to reelect the President.In 1973,
Butterfield disclosed that Nixon had a taping
system installed in the White House and that
conversations about Watergate had been
recorded.
Youth Culture
1960’s counter culture:Hippies:nonpolitical reasons,long hair,blue jeans.apathy
Study question:
An Analysis of American expansionism
(hegemonism)
1. Religious sense
(1) political responsibility throughout the Bible
God made human beings to be responsible for
the world, and this includes political responsibility.
It is a theme that reverberates throughout the
Bible. (2)the Puritan idea of the "city on a hill"
2.American culture: rationalism,
individualism, liberalism, aggressionism and
idealism
utilitarianism
• Bill Clinton(1992-2000):
• 1.the end of the cold war and containment
policy.
• 2.The Federal Reserve controlled interest
rates.
• 3.global economy,international organizations.
• 4.open trade policy,free trade and lower
tariffs,quality control of products..WTO.