| Portion of title |
America and the world in 1950 |
| Contents |
Prologue : Monday September 5th, 1949 : Russia in the fall -- The relief pitcher : China -- The grinding machine : the French coalition -- An autumn of discontent : North-East Asia -- Asphalt jungles : Mao in Moscow--1 -- From Cincinnati to Taiwan : Mao in Moscow--2 -- Motorama, coal, and the hydrogen bomb : the German question -- Loyalty and schism : Stalin and Korea -- The ninth bourbon : Nehru, Bengal, and Pakistan -- The coming struggle : China and Vietnam -- In deepest peril : Sakhalin Island -- Caliban unleashed : the Schuman plan -- The road back to America : the 38th parallel -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract |
"Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR's achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president's ambitions were overtaken by events that left the country gripped by rage and fear. The Soviets tested an atomic bomb, Mao's army swept through China, and at home Truman faced labor unrest and a Republican Party desperate for power. In the Shadow of Fear is an innovative and gripping history of this pivotal moment. Recounting the launch of Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-communist crusade, the defeat of Truman's liberal program, and the start of the Korean War, prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad--a story with deep resonances today"-- Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2023009228 |
| ISBN | 9781541675544 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1541675541 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
