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The National Portrait Gallery explores presidendtial actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on Harry Truman to see what actions and decisions he made during his term of office. Read about his meeting with Joseph Stalin at Potsdam, the decision to airlift supplies to Berlin, his reasons for wanting to help Europe economically, and, finally, his reasons for the "police action" against North Korea. A great resource.
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doctrine of containment, "long telegram", berlin airlift, cold war, dean acheson, ethel and julius rosenberg, george kennan, korean war, marshall plan, national portrait gallery, potsdam conference, president harry truman, smithsonian institution, soviet blockade of berlin, soviet containment, truman doctrine, origins of the cold war
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)