Chapter 37

37. new agencies that came into existence as a result of the cold war:
- National Security Council ( NSC)
- Central Intellegence Agency

- North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO)

38. The occupying American army was in charge of reconstruction. Mac Arthur had a democratization program and Japanes criminals were tried from 1946 to 1948. It was succesful because the Japanese coorperated.

39. China finally collapsed  and gave the cold war allies their worst defeat. This had a partisan effect on the US.

40. In 1949 the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb and Truman responded with ordering a hydrogen bomb. In 1952 the US exploded its first hydrogen bomb. In 1953 the Soviets exploded their first H-bomb. " That there might be no world left" was the chilling thought constrained both camps as each pursued nuclear superiority.

41.  In 1947 the Truman administration launched a loyality program. The attorney general drew a list of 90 disloyal organisations and individuals. The states became security-conscious.

42. Increasingly employees in various states demanded loyal oaths.