The a history in documents Winkler, Allan M. 1945- creator text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press c2000 2000 monographic eng

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159 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Uses contemporary documents to explore the development of the Cold War struggle, the consequences in the 1950s and 1960s, and the lasting effects on American social and cultural patterns. What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Early antagonism : Origin of the atomic bomb -- Tensions and strategies -- The Truman doctrine -- The Marshall plan -- A Soviet bomb -- The China white paper -- NSC-68 -- War in Korea -- The anticommunist crusade : Hollywood and HUAC -- Chambers vs. Hiss -- The Rosenbergs on trial -- Senator Joe McCarthy -- Cultural responses -- Army vs. McCarthy -- To the brink : Eisenhower's inaugural address -- Liberation of captive peoples -- The domino theory -- Unstable peace -- Kennedy's inaugural address -- Bay of pigs -- Standing up to the Soviets -- The Cuban missile crisis -- The atom unleashed -- Catastrophe in Vietnam : French colonial rule -- War in Indochina -- The Geneva conference -- Nation building in Vietnam -- Horrors of war -- Antiwar movement -- Vietnamization -- Reunification -- An end at last : The nuclear test ban treaty of 1963 -- SALT treaties -- Reagan's nuclear strategy -- An end to the cold war. adolescent Allan M. Winkler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149) and index. n-us--- e-ur--- Cold War Sources World politics 1945-1989 Sources United States Foreign relations Russia Sources Russia Foreign relations United States Sources Cold War Sources World politics 1945-1989 Sources D842 .W775c 2000 909.8 0195123565 (lib. : alk. paper) 9780195123562 (lib. : alk. paper) 00027270 http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b8q6-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00027270-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/00027270-b.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b8q6-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00027270-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/00027270-b.html DLC 000225 20230410105215.0 54795