{"id":5630,"date":"2022-01-20T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T18:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/?page_id=5630"},"modified":"2026-11-03T06:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:58:10","slug":"anti-communism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/anti-communism\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Communism"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Pearl Harbor commenced a revolution in American foreign policy, and the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan continued it. The essence of the revolution was the belief that the United States could not afford to leave the world to its own devices, as it had done during the 1930s, and that disorder and aggression even in distant locales would eventually endanger the American way of life.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8211;Opening line, Chapter 3<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Brands, Chapter 3:\u00a0 Agnostics and Believers, 1949-1954<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Institutionalizing the Revolution (pp. 45-48)<\/li>\n<li>The China Syndrome (pp. 48-49)<\/li>\n<li>Tail Gunner Joe (pp. 50-55)<\/li>\n<li>Redefining the Perimeter (pp. 55-58)<\/li>\n<li>Liking Ike (pp. 58-61)<\/li>\n<li>The Quiet Americans (pp. 61-64)<\/li>\n<li>The Shadow Lengthens (pp. 64-67)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Image Gateway (1948 \/\/ 1952)<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_126\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/11\/truman1948.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-image-126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/11\/truman1948.jpg\" alt=\"1948\" width=\"410\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/11\/truman1948.jpg 410w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/11\/truman1948-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Truman holding the Chicago Tribune following his reelection in 1948<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-4988 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large\">\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/1950s\/screen-shot-2021-03-30-at-7-21-44-am\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM.png 852w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-768x663.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.21.44-AM-347x300.png 347w\" alt=\"I Like Ike\" width=\"629\" height=\"543\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n<dt class=\"gallery-icon landscape\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/course-syllabus\/1950s\/screen-shot-2021-03-30-at-7-22-07-am\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM.png 852w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-30-at-7.22.07-AM-351x300.png 351w\" alt=\"Abilene\" width=\"629\" height=\"537\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>Try to analyze these 1952 Eisenhower commercials courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingroomcandidate.org\/commercials\/1952\">The Living Room Candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Timeline<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1946 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lMt7zCaVOWU?si=DtWyqzoju3P2-WHl\">Iron Curtain Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1947 \/\/ Truman Doctrine<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1947 \/\/ National Security Act<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1947-48 \/\/ Marshall Plan<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1948-49\/\/ Berlin Airlift<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1948 \/\/ Truman wins second term<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ NATO<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ Soviets test atomic bomb (fission)<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1949 \/\/ Communist China<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1950 \/\/ McCarthy claims communists have infiltrated US State Department<\/li>\n<li class=\"suEOdc\" data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1950-53 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/2015\/05\/21\/america-on-the-home-front-during-the-early-cold-war\/\">Korean War<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1953 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/2015\/05\/21\/the-hydrogen-bomb-keeping-us-safe\/\">US tests hydrogen bomb (fusion)<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ US Army &#8211; McCarthy hearings &amp; then censure vote<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ Break up of French Indochina<\/li>\n<li data-tooltip=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\" aria-label=\"1945 Ministers Meeting\">1954 \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/CIA-RDP86B00269R000100040001-5.pdf\">Doolittle Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Cold War Terminology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Containment (Kennan) and Cold War (Lippmann)<\/li>\n<li>Isolationism (hemispheric defense) vs. Interventionism (forward defense)<\/li>\n<li>Unilateralism (Monroe Doctrine) vs. Multilateralism (UN \/ NATO)<\/li>\n<li>Realism (balance of power) vs. Idealism (international rules)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/laurentlavallee.weebly.com\/\"><strong>America and Dickinson College Confront McCarthyism<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1954 Debate over Censure for Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtVJFBSMXDk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1956 Firing of Dickinson professor and subsequent AAUP censure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4971\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-1024x585.png\" alt=\"LaVallee\" width=\"940\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-23-at-7.09.34-AM.png 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Pearl Harbor commenced a revolution in American foreign policy, and the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan continued it. 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