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Reading Questions, Week 111 Walter LaFeber, Richard Polenberg, and Nancy Woloch, The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s, chapter eleven, “1947-1952 The America of the Cold War,” New York: Routledge, 2013. -What thesis about this period does LaFeber et. al. articulate in the opening paragraph? -Discuss the significant points in the section on the US economy and its relative position in the world. -What was the 1948 Czech crisis and what impact did it have over the course of 1948 and 1949? -Outline the role of cold war politics and race in the 1948 election, won by incumbent president, Harry Truman. -What was Truman’s policies on civil rights, according to the authors? -Outline the main features and assumptions underpinning American foreign policy from 1949 to 1951. -In what ways did the domestic cold war in the United States undermine civil liberties?

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