 | Chapter Objectives (See related pages)
When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Discuss the origins of the Cold War. |
 |  |  | Explain what factors complicated the conversion from war to peace. |
 |  |  | Explain the concept of containment. |
 |  |  | Discuss the domestic consequences of the Cold War and the rise and decline of McCarthyism. |
 |  |  | Explain Truman's upset win over Dewey in 1948 and the Republican success in capturing the White House in 1952. |
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