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Harry S Truman, the politics of Yalta, and the domestic origins of the Truman Doctrine
… of Cold War tensions. Both Stalin and Truman abandoned accommodationism in favor of a more aggressive foreign policy approach. U.S. activity in the Mediterranean, Iran, Europe, and Southeast Asia clearly indicated that lines of containment had been drawn. Most historians agree, however, …
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Harry S. Truman and Civil Rights
This paper will investigate the Truman administration as a landmark in the history of the development of civil rights in the United States. The following points will highlight the role of Harry S. Truman in the continuing struggle for human rights: first, to study the sporadic and erratic nature of …
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Harry S. Truman and the Potsdam Conference
… In particular, I have tried to show Harry S Truman's actions and reactions when it came to a confrontation with the Allied Powers. From my research, I have developed a profound respect for the aptitude and leadership of this man. Therefore, I have devoted one chapter to a brief analysis of …
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The origin and implementation of the Truman doctrine
… controvercy involved with the formulation of the Truman Doctrine.</p>
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Civil defense under the Truman administration: the impact of politicians and scientists
… the development of civil defense under the Truman administration. Both Washington's politicians and various atomic scientists embraced civil defense planning as a method of combating the Cold War and ensuring domestic national security. These efforts resulted in the Federal Civil Defense …
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Everything in My Power: Harry S. Truman and the Fight Against Racial Discrimination
… recognize the centrality of President Harry S. Truman in the narrative of racial equality is in error. Driven by an ever-increasing recognition of the injustices of racial discrimination, Truman offered a comprehensive civil rights program to Congress on 2 February 1948. When his legislative …
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Access to Success: Truman, Obama, and the Evolution of Presidential Agendas for Community Colleges
… education federal activities, President Harry Truman's 1947 Presidential Commission on Higher Education and President Barack Obama's 2009 American Graduation Initiative, to understand how the federal government's mission for community colleges has evolved from one of student access to student …
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Editorial reaction of selected major Indiana daily newspapers to a national controversy : the Truman, MacArthur conflict
… 11, 1951, from all of his commands by President Truman furnished the impetus for this survey of editorial opinion and reaction. The newspaper editorial opinion represents five major daily newspapers with broad geographic coverage of the State of Indiana, plus a wide range of political reaction to …
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United States national security policy under presidents Truman and Eisenhower: the evolving role of the National Security Council
… and the Soviet Union after World War II, the Truman administration faced increased pressure to preserve United States national security. One of its most important responses to this expanding Cold War was the National Security Act. Passed by Congress in July 1947, this legislation established a …
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The role of the Budget Bureau in Truman's domestic legislative program: an examination of atomic energy control, military unification, housing, and civil rights
… in the domestic legislative program of Harry S. Truman began in the latter years of the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Long before his death, Roosevelt had lost the ability to lead Congress in the direction of liberal domestic reform legislation. He did, however, retain the power of his …
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The dead rise the dead and walk among the living: An examination of the haunting South, queerness, and grotesqueries in Truman Capote's "Other Voices, Other Rooms" and "Local Color"
… the haunting South. Throughout this reading of Truman Capote’s Other Voices, Other Rooms and Local Color I want to think through the ways in which images and moments in the text can be queer and grotesque while also lending themselves to the images and eruptions that make up the haunting South. …
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American Imperialism in the Middle East: 1920 – 1950
During the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, the United States challenged Britain’s position and became a dominant power in the Middle East. During the 1920s, the rise to power began with American oil companies pursuing economic opportunities in the region’s oil fields. Britain maintained the …
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The Zook Commission:Reassessing World War II Veterans' Influence on Higher Education
… recommendations presented to President Harry S. Truman in a report titled, <em>Higher Education for American Democracy, </em>and the influence veterans had on the Presidential Commission’s suggestions to President Truman. Through a major change in higher education ideology, the veterans provided …
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The Voice of America and the Republican Cold War, 1945 to 1953
… focused mostly on the latter's support for the Truman administration's containment policies. This approach overlooks the significance of domestic politics in relation to foreign affairs. My dissertation shows how Republicans used the anti-communist consensus to define and promote domestic aims …
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Interbasin Transfer of Invasive Crayfish via Bait-Bucket Dumping
… crayfish into a lake with high fishing activity (Truman Reservoir). In order to determine the risk of invasion, I conducted a 2-part survey during summer-fall 2007 to determine crayfish species composition and the likelihood of crayfish invasion via bait-bucket dumping. In order to determine the …
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The prevalence of depression as measured by the Beck Inventory and the characteristics associated with depression among students in three Illinois public community colleges: The College of DuPage, Truman College, and McHenry County College
… suburban college in a wealthy district; (b) Truman College is an ethnically diverse, medium-sized Chicago city college in an economically poor area; and (c) McHenry County College is a small college in a rural/suburban district.
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Perry Smith and Josef Kavalier: Historical and Literary Victimized Victimizers
… I show how Perry Smith, a historical figure in Truman Capote's <em>In Cold Blood</em>, and Josef Kavalier, a fictional character in Michael Chabon's <em>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay</em>, represent these ambiguities. Both men become murderers acting out violence that was inflicted …
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Rich, Attractive People In Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things
… figures from American pop culture including Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, Clark Gable, William Powell and Babe Paley. It traces the upward trajectory of Sunny's life from a modest childhood in 1920's Los Angeles to the heights of social success in the unforgiving world of Café Society to …
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General Douglas MacArthur und der Koreakrieg
… Einbeziehung sowie zur demokratischen Truman-Administration gelegt. Im zweiten Schwerpunkt werden, beginnend mit dem kurzen Entwurf eines Persönlichkeitsprofils MacArthurs, seine militärischen und politischen Ziele plausibilisiert. Dabei dient die weiter oben formulierte These als …
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