| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
xix, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Defining documents in American history |
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
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| Note |
Edition statement supplied by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
War Crimes and Tribunals. Executive Order 9547 ; Nuremberg Code ; Establishment and Proceedings of the Tribunal ; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide -- The New World Order. Preamble of the UN Charter ; Potsdam Agreement ; Statement by General MacArthur on the Occupation of Japan ; No Sacrificing of Basic Principles for Expediency ; Complete Integration of Military Operations ; The World Needs the Tonic of Universal Truth ; No Country Fears a Strong America ; "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" ; Truman Statement on Immigration into Palestine ; Truman Doctrine Speech ; Speech on the Marshall Plan ; Vyshinsky's Speech to the UN General Assembly ; NATO Treaty ; Memorandum on Lifting the Soviet Blockade -- American Alliances. Act of Chapultepec ; Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance ; Pact of Bogota ; Address by Secretary Acheson, September 19, 1949 -- Atomic Policy. Atomic Energy and International Trade ; Atomic Explosion in the USSR ; International Control of Atomic Energy -- The Red Scare. Executive Order 9835 ; Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover before the House Un-American Activities Committee ; Ronald Reagan's Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee ; Testimony Regarding Communist Investigations -- Domestic Affairs. A Reason Must Be Substituted for Force ; Twenty-Second Amendment ; Taft-Hartley Act ; Practical Peacetime Applications ; Truman's State of the Union Speech -- The Rise of Civil Rights. Mendez et al. v. Westminister School District of Orange County et al. ; Morgan v. Virginia (1946) ; Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights ; Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) ; Executive Order 9981 ; Southern Legislators Protest Proposed Anti-lynching Legislation -- Appendixes. Chronological List ; Web Resources ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| Summary |
"Defining Documents in American History: Post War 1940s contains 40 primary source documents that provide a compelling view of documents produced from 1945-1950, following the close of World War II. This unique era in American history is one characterized by increased economic prosperity and a great expansion of the role played by the United States in world affairs. The establishment of the United Nations in 1945 brought hope that a new and better world would emerge from the ashes of World War II. The end of the war was followed by a rapid demobilization of the armed forces, but it also brought shortages in housing, an inflationary trend in the economy, conflicts between labor and management, and the emergence of a new 'red scare' wherein innocent citizens and government officials alike were persecuted for their alleged ties to communist organizations."--Publisher website. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1945-1953 -- Sources.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 -- Sources.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 -- Sources.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Sources.
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Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- United States -- Sources.
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Cold War -- Sources.
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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Reconstruction (1939-1951) (OCoLC)fst01091544
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History -- Sources.
(OCoLC)fst00958295
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1939
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781619257399 (hardcover) |
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1619257394 |
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