HIST-H 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hollywood Blacklist
Document Summary
World war ii was not followed by peace but by a cold war. America decided to remain ready for military action after 1945 and began a long struggle with the soviet union, as the wwii alliance between the two nations fell apart. Anticommunism became a powerful part of the usa"s political life. Both sides built large supplies of nuclear weapons that threatened the world. Why the wwii allies became enemies: tensions from atomic bomb decision. How truman administration fights cold war: policy of containment, 1947: idea to stop spread of soviet power in world. 1949, russia tests their first atom bomb. China falls to a communist government led by mao tse-tung. Nsc-68: secret us document calling for massive military build-up/ hydrogen bomb. Allows north korea to attack south korea/ june 1950. Mcarthur wanted to push northward into china. Truman stopped him; wanted to only contain communist forces north of 38th parallel.
