The Showcase African American

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damion L. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
American Political Thought ◽  
Truman Doctrine ◽  
American Race Relations ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter argues that the integration of baseball had a direct relationship with a core American foreign policy objective: manipulating international perception of American race relations. Hence, it explores the relationship between Cold War repression and racial integration after the articulation of the Truman Doctrine. By examining the historical context of Jackie Robinson's testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), this chapter examines the processes through which the U.S. government resolved to alter international opinions of American race relations rather than provide substantive changes to the segregated racial order in the early days of the Cold War, as well as the transformations in American political thought that allowed for those changes.

Truman and the shift to a Cold War Paradigm mindset

2019 ◽  
pp. 32-53
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Baron
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Cold War ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Government Information ◽  
World War ◽  
Internal Security ◽  
Truman Doctrine ◽  
The Cold War

This chapter details how the Cold War Paradigm mindset became institutionalized within the executive branch following the end of World War II. The threat from communism, both external and internal, provided the foundation from which Truman would alter American foreign policy through the Truman Doctrine, but also would focus internally in seeking to stop communist and subversive activities domestically. Once institutionalized, the Cold War Paradigm demonstrates how Truman's actions became a learned response to threats, which altered information policies within the executive branch. Congress heavily supported Truman's actions during this period, as members of Congress also learned and responded to threats. However, the Internal Security Act of 1950 created a rift between the president and Congress over control of government information, setting up an ongoing power struggle that would lead to Eisenhower's creation of executive privilege and Congress's response with the creation of the Moss Subcommittee on government information.

Louis Hartz and the Liberal Metaphor: A Half-Century Later

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Gunnell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Liberal Tradition ◽  
Political Analysis ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Louis Hartz

In his introduction to the 1991 edition of Louis Hartz's The Liberal Tradition in America, journalist Tom Wicker noted its relevance for understanding the ambivalent appeal of values that had led both to the downfall of communism and to the “demonization” of Saddam Hussein. Wicker also noted that Hartz's synoptic use of “liberal” as encompassing what is commonly referred to in American political discourse as “liberal” and “conservative” ideologies might “add to some Americans' confusion” about the already “confused and abused” use of the term. As we reach the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Hartz's book, it is important to reassess the work, especially in light of what might seem an obvious parallel between his concerns in the context of the Cold War and contemporary worries about the relationship between American foreign policy and domestic politics that has evolved since 2001. Whether the valence has been negative or positive, Hartz's image of a liberal consensus in the United States has created a picture that has held the academic mind captive and shaped its approach to both scholarship and political analysis.

scholarly journals THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE, THE MARSHAL PLAN AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE SOVIET-RUSSIAN RELATIONS

2017 ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
C. Kaygusuz ◽  
I. V. Ryzhov
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Truman Doctrine ◽  
The Us ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
The Cold War

The article is devoted to the history of elaboration, adoption and implementation of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan in the context of the Soviet-Turkish Relations. The authors observe these two key US external policy’s initiatives of the beginning of the Cold War for the analysis of the influence of geopolitical confrontation between the superpowers on the state of relations between Moscow and Ankara. The economic aid programs were significant leverages of the US influence on shaping the postwar system of international relations, which impacted decisively on the Turkish postwar foreign policy, especially toward the USSR, and predetermined to a large extent its further policy in the Cold War. The current article considers the reasons for rapprochement between the US and Turkey stands on the relations with the USSR, analyses the process of elaboration and adoption of aid plans for Turkey and the outcomes of their implementation. The article explores the origins of the US-Turkey cooperation based on sharing the common stance on confronting Moscow and can be used as a source of information on the Russian-Turkish relations problem in historical context.

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