The origins of the cold war
9 – Origins of the Cold War
Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates that the United States perceived the Soviet Union as a threat during the immediate postwar years.
Explain an example from the Nikolai Novikov source (provided in the supplementary primary sources) that demonstrates that the Soviet Union perceived the United States as a threat during the immediate postwar years.
Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates the United States’ policy of containment during the Cold War.
Explain an example from one of the assigned primary sources that demonstrates how the Cold War affected US society and/or politics during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Emergence of the Cold War
Nikolai Novikov, 1946: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110808
Henry Wallace, 1946: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6906/
Harry Truman, 1947: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1252
George Marshall, 1947: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1947marshallplan1.html
“Soviet Intentions and Capabilities,” 1950: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/813
Styles Bridges, 1954: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6452
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, 1954: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6905
“A Program of Covert Actions against the Castro Regime,” 1960: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/800
Dean Rusk, 1961: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/803
Robert Kennedy, 1961: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/801
Anticommunism and the Cold War in US Politics and Society
Leon Sverdlove, 1947 (1979): http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6930
Executive Order 9835: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/executive-order-9835/
John Howard Lawson, 1947: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6441
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney, 1947: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6458
Three Friendly HUAC Witnesses, 1947: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6442
Eric Johnston, 1947: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6443
Trial of Communist Party Leaders, 1949: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6446
Herblock political cartoons, 1947-1956: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-history/fire.html
Harry Truman, 1950: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/8078
Joseph McCarthy, 1950: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456
Margaret Chase Smith and Seven Senators, 1950: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6459
Lillian Hellman, 1952: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6454
Collier’s, 1952: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6453
Postal Worker’s Testimony, 1954: https://herb.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/811
The Army-McCarthy Hearings, 1954: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6444
Collier’s, 1954: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6449
Pete Seeger, 1955: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6457
“Facts about Fallout,” 1955: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1129
Paul Robeson, 1956: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6440
Carole Gallagher, ca. 1950s: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/960
“The Red Iceberg,” 1960: https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/661
