... their policies in international engagement. In answering the question "In what ways was the concept of American Exceptionalism evident in the Cold War during the years 1947-1961?" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. I also intend to study how Truman ... used these for his foreign policy pursuits. I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the use of exceptionalism in three key areas; warfare (with spec...

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... by a series of Communist uprisings from Greece to China in the late 1940s. In part, it was a reassertion of Russian nationalism that went back to the Tsars. But most importantly, the Cold War that emerged as the Soviets moved to expand their sphere of influence at the expense of the West was a reflection of what may have been the most important aspect of Stalin's peculiar personality: his unlimited will ... Moscow. He left bearing one of Stalin's last poisonous presents to the world--permission to invade the American-backed South Korea. When the Korean War threatened to spread, however,...

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... the south was invaded by the north. The U.N. and the U.S. came to the rescue of South Korea while the north had support from the Soviet Union and China. The reunification of Korea failed by the North Koreans and the Chine! se army had to come in and save the North Koreans. The U.S., North and South Korea, and China all signed a treaty ending the war and Korea remained divided at the 38th parallel . During the Korean War ... of communism to fit their needs. Although China's type of communism was different than that of the Soviet Union, it was still communism. Given how the U.S. felt about ...

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... 1917 when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia led to the creation of the world's first communist state. The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement. Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to defeat the Bolsheviks. Soviets believed that the West was ... not want to repeat the mistakes made at the end of World War One and resisted. He was fearful that crippling the German economy, as Stalin wanted would lead to German Nationalism ...

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