Cold War
Cold War | The United States Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
Henry A. Wallace—vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945—was replaced in the 1944 election by Harry S. Truman, who became president upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945. Prior to Roosevelt’s death, Wallace was appointed secretary of commerce but resigned from the position by presidential request after he attacked the administration’s harsh policies toward the Soviet Union in a speech given at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on September 12, 1946. He ran for president as the Progressive candidate in 1948, calling for disarmament...
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- Introduction
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From Allies to Enemies: The Origins of the Cold War
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The United States Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Not Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Contain Soviet Expansion
- The Soviet Union Should Contain U.S. Imperialism
- Soviet Expansion Policies Initiated the Cold War
- U.S. Containment Policies Initiated the Cold War
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Coexistence and Conflict
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The War in Korea Should Be Expanded
- The War in Korea Should Be Limited
- The Soviet Union Seeks Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The Soviet Union Does Not Seek Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
- The United States Could Not Have Won the War in Vietnam
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From Détente to the Cold War’s End
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Détente Is a Constructive
- Détente Is a Flawed U.S. Policy
- The United States Must Develop a Defensive Weapons System to Prevent Nuclear War
- U.S. Development of a Defensive Weapons System Would Increase Nuclear Proliferation
- Ronald Reagan’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Reflections: The Impact of the Cold War
- For Further Discussion
- Copyright
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