History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 42 – Post-World War II America
15 Mar 2012
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Lecture 42 post-world war ii america y huac started investigating hollywood: hollywood 10 . called before huac, all pled the 5th and were sent to jail for 6- 1952: called before huac, named names of friends. academy awards 1999 gave him the honorary oscar for lifetime achievement. accused truman of being soft y the g. i. Bill, 1944: 12 million g. i. s sent home, deliberate effort to avoid what happened at the end of wwi, serviceman s readjustment act, number of benefits to ease them back into american society. Adams, the best war ever: america in wwii. post-war psychological problems: red and white (text) many soldiers unhappy to have been in the war. america went back to the way it was before pearl harbor: war-time censorship helped give this image. reporters as cheerleaders for the war y not independent observers.
