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Mount Holyoke College: Early Cold War Era u.s. Foreign Policy HandoutMount Holyoke College: Early Cold War Era u.s. Foreign Policy Handout
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Mount Holyoke College
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11th - 12th
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Mount Holyoke College: Early Cold War Era u.s. Foreign Policy

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In his article entitled "Economic Interests, Party, and Ideology in Early Cold War Era U.S. Foreign Policy", Benjamin O. Fordham discusses the United States' foreign policy during the Cold War, focusing on the country's ideology, party system, and economic interests. (Spring 1998)

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harry s. truman

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cold war, cold war united states, growing distrust in cold war, truman doctrine, early cold war era, the cold war begins 1945-1960

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