known as the European Recovery Program or ERP. It was a program during 1947 to 1951 to support with aid. The United States rebuilt and created a stronger economic democracy for the countries of Europe. It was the reconstruction of Europe. President Harry Truman sent Congress
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With the preparations for the invasion of Europe came the question of combined broadcasting for the Allied troops. General Eisenhower was concerned that the Allied forces display and identify with unity. A joint radio format was envisioned as a cooperation between the AFN and the British and Canadian Broadcasting Corporations (BBC & CBC). The proposed “Allied Expeditionary Forces Program” (AEFP) was by no means an easy endeavor and the program idea was met with hostility, for reasons both on the
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A wave of U.S industrial strikes at the end of WWII contributed to President’s Truman’s attempt to place strict limits on striking labor unions when national interests were at stake. A miner’s strike also took place, which was ended by President Truman by ordering the government seizure of the mines while pressuring owners to grant most union demands. Labor leaders strongly rejected the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 because the act favored big business interests over union interests. Delinquency was
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the bomb was dropped by the Truman administration to make the Soviet Union more manageable. I am in more agreement with the latter and this essay will argue that the decision to drop the atomic bomb was an American attempt to inhibit Soviet diplomatic ambitions rather than an attempt to bring the war to a quick end. The American decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan was without doubt influenced by the desire to end the war since that is what it accomplished. Truman assured after the bombs had
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, a republican won the Presidential election in both 1952 and 1956. During World War II, he was distinguished as the Commander of Allied Forces. He was an extremely well liked president, however, he faced many huge controversies during his reign as President. As President, Eisenhower was forced to deal with the new civil rights ideas that were surfacing as well as the increasing tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S. During Eisenhower’s time as president, there was a tremendously
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Abstract “Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 26, 1880. After graduating from West Point in 1903, he fought in World War I, and in World War II was the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific. When he criticized President Harry Truman's handling of the Korean War, he was relieved of his command. MacArthur died on April 5, 1964, and was buried in Norfolk, Virginia.” This is a small synopsis that I found on this web site. (MacArthur, 2014) Douglas MacArthur a Leader MacArthur
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the NBA Finals Game 1, to what laws should President Obama be passing, to the kind of weapons used in the Middle East. These decisions are life changing and what people see on television is different from the actual occurrence. In 1945, President Harry Truman might the face of the United States and the president that allowed the nuclear bombs to be deployed in Japan but the decision was not made by one person alone but with the barrage of opinions from his advisers and political adversaries and this
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On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he obtained a list of 205 individuals that were alleged members of the American Communist Party who all of which just-so-happened to be people in the State Department (Oh and Latham). With McCarthy making numerous false accusations about innocent people, the nation was spiraling out of control. It was coming to the point where it seemed history was repeating itself; during the time of the witch hunts, anyone could point their finger to a random
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In 2004, Barnard helped the Blue Star Moms put together a series of Care Packages to send to their sons or daughters out on duty in Iraq or Afghanistan (see Figure 7). The packages consist of goods donated by local businesses and contain things such as Beanie Babies, sweets, cards, yo-yos, disposable cameras, and a variety of toiletries. These packages are created with the intention of reminding the soldiers of home and help to ease their time on duty. Barnard’s documentation of these is aesthetically
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