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Complete Idiot’s Guide to American HistoryAnother 40,000 were wounded. A Cold War and a Korean War (1944-1954) In This Chapter The U.N. and other postwar peace programs Descent of the “Iron Curtain” and start of the Cold War The CIA and McCarthyism The Korean War Rejoicing at the end of World War II was intense, but brief. The Soviet Union, portrayed by U.S. politicians and press alike as a valiant ally during the war, once again became an ideological and political enemy. The eastern European nations occupied by the Red Army became satellites of the U.S.S.R., and the postwar world found itself divided between the western democracies, led by the United States, and the eastern communist “bloc,” dominated by the Soviets. It seemed as if the seeds of yet another war—World War III?—had been sown. At least Americans could take comfort in their sole possession of the atomic bomb…but that, too, would soon change. Winning the Peace It was clear to America’s leaders that the Allies had won World War 1, only later to “lose the peace.” They were determined to not make the same mistake again ...» |
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