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"Georgia Mob..."	-NYT article -Southern whites don't care of blacks served in military -NYT sympathetic to blacks trampled -specifically mentions one ex-GI in title -2 men and 2 wives lined up and shot by 20 whites -explicated how no officials were outraged, only "regretted"	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:50:04 GMT
"You can't fight them all"	-written by black journalist -many blacks motivated to fight facism at home and abroad -VV -reported on all-black unit of air force -colored vs. whites signs -non sense wouldn't stop until in enemy territory -blacks girl stepped in front of ferry -white men trampled her -black soldiers helped her -girl just walked away	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:46:34 GMT
Rebels w/o a Cause?	-1st "young culture" since 1920s -consumer culture -music, TV, cars, movies -anxiety about teens and JDs and deviant behavior -concern about "going steady" as social problem -US emerged as most powerful nation after WWII competition and resulting awards huge -now, dreams of stasis, stability, security, family, comfortability in youth -before war, promiscuity valued -number of dates values -after war, security valued -early marriage now the goal (average marriage age dropped to 20.4 for women) -parents didn't like it: no competition, won't be the best you can, don't have to work for mate, competition is good for you	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:42:28 GMT
Beyond the Feminine Mystique	-Joanne Meyerowitz -takes context of nuclearization, suburbanization, and calls it into question -FM raises questions about their lives -created powerful portrait of women in the 1950s -samples from cross sections of magazines -Freiden argued that women suffered from deep discontent from repression, denied careers, stunted growth -however, Meyerowitz sampled literature -mags advocated both domestic and non-domestic jobs for women -hailed women who did both domestic and non domestic jobs -only 15% focused on women as mothers, wives -articles praised females doctors, secretaries -encouraged involvement in politics (mags featured female politicians) -not "The Good Housewife" all the time	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:26:37 GMT
Military Industrial Complex	-January 1961 -Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address -newfound gov't influence in both directions -"if you carry around a hammer, everything looks like a nail" -industry being skewed for military concerns -living in permanent state of war -high levels of military expenditure after WWII -created powerful domestic interest groups -military services, corporations, high government officials, members of Congress, labor unions, scientists and scholars came to occupy powerful positions with in the state. -mutually supportive, very influential -US most productive, influential nation -how to use power? -must keep the peace in the world -now, have to create permanent arms industry to combat infinite global threats -must be ready for battle at all times -have to guard against too much power -guard against unwarranted influence	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:05:59 GMT
Nightmare in Red	-1990 -Richard Friedman -fevered anti-communism -McCarthyism -far-reaching anxiety over communism -traces the second Red Scare's antecedents back to the 1930s -Fried reveals the wholesale effect of McCarthyism on the lives of thousands of ordinary people -Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy -many accusations in late 40s/early 50s -touched 1000s ordinary Americans -loyalty oaths, blacklists -post WWII was growing time, prosperity -Truman Doctrine in 1947 -fear of Commies abroad, at home -anti-Communism derived persistence from American vlaues, seen a antithetical to Communist doctrines -permeated all of society -books, ideas, unpopular artists, libraries, academics, profs lost jobs, questioned fed employees sexuality -everyone (gays, civil rights people) wanted to avoid ties to Communism -McCarthy opponents also anti-communists, but disagreed with methods	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:59:49 GMT
Truman Doctrine	-March 12th, 1947 -Truman announced US should assist any country whose stability was threatened by communism -initial request was specifically for $400 million to assist both Greece and Turkey -great physical and financial costs of WWII wreaked havoc -Greece = civil war -Turkey = needed to modernize -fall into the Soviet hands? -outlined the situation specifically in Greece and Turkey -both close to the Soviet Union -endorsed the right of the people of Greece and Turkey to determine their own national destinies -responsibility of US to aid other countries against communism -small % of $ used to win WWII -investment in world peace and world freedom. -began the policy of containment during Cold War -post WWII -mind-boggling destruction everywhere -previous conflicts set loose and countries scrambling for power -many civilians killed -countries already a mess -Greece can't help self --> needs US to help -instability to US unless dealt w/ -US threatened by threats anywhere -US= "world's policeman" -borders to be drawn?	0	mcs5109 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:50:53 GMT

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