The United States in the contemporary world, 1945-1962

Watson, Richard L. (Author).

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Physical Description: print
x, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: New York : Free Press, [c1965]

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Introduction : Response to the challenges of the 1950s-development of national power -- The atomic bomb and the end of the war -- Philosophical basis of the policy of containment -- The Marshall Plan for European recovery -- The principle of collective action -- Military capitalism and prestige politics -- Strategic controversy over Korea -- Communists in the army : "no sense of decency" -- The Fair Deal at home and abroad -- Opposition from a conservative Republican -- Lower taxes and reduced government spending -- Spokesman for the Negro revolution -- The Supreme Court rules on segregation -- United States prestige abroad -- Poisioning the world with pesticides -- Computers and automation as a way of life -- The new frontier -- Ten-year prospect in space exploration -- The Cuban Missile Crisis and its resolution.