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cold war: and let the games begin
What was the Cold War? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …In the summer of 1947 representatives of France and Great Britain met in Paris with the Soviets to discuss Marshall’s offer of aid to Europe. The Soviets, … Continue reading
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Tagged cuban missile crisis, Ernest Bevin, Fidel Castro, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, george Seaton Director, Georges Bidault French foreign minister, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, monroe doctrine, Montgomery Clift, senator joseph mccarthy, The Big Lift movie, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
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the fifties: getting funky with disaffection
Must we be nostalgic about the 1950′s? Hardly the Golden Age many make it out to be. If we turn over the shiny stone, there were more than a few creepy-crawlers underneath… James Dean created a character who reflected the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950's American Civil Rights movement, Arthur Shore, Autherine Lucy, Charles Mingus, David Dennis Freedom Rider, Freedom Riders, James Dean, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Luther King, Orval Faubus, paul schutzer photography, senator joseph mccarthy, Thurgood Marshall
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fifties: hit the _IKE button
…So, in the summer of 1952, when the Republicans nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for President and he at once promised to end the war if elected, millions of Americans, crying, “I like Ike!”, swung onto the Eisenhower bandwagon. The country … Continue reading
fifties: features of figments
Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Pervasive influences are at work. We are not left to our own devices and nostalgic impulses do not flow as they will. They are not mirrored in their variety by the mass media, … Continue reading
fifties: rosy as in pink to red
The fifties. It’s somewhat of a modern myth; that special time when joys were allegedly unsullied, the problems were happy problems, and when trust and tranquility prevailed in the land… …The dread of Communism also created a nationwide climate of … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Hawk and his Buddies, Dean Acheson, HUAC hearings, Jack Holden & Frances Kay, Jimmie Driftwood, John Carter Vincent, Joseph Mccarthy, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, McCarthy era blacklist and witch hunts, Owen J. Lattimore, Philip Jessup, Senator Joseph A. McCarthy, senator joseph mccarthy, The Kavaliers Get that Communist Joe
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fifties: remembering for us
People remember the fifties not as the living recall them,but as they have been recreated. It is what makes the myth of the fifties so remarkable and so modern. Such is the pervasive influence of mass communication and an industry … Continue reading
the fifties: looking for a sense of decency
Must we be nostalgic about the 1950′s. Some remember it as some sort of Golden Age but the Cold War, the Great Fear and the McCarthy witch hunts mitigate against that assessment… …As people watched stunned and rapt, Senator McCarthy … Continue reading
ustinov: the juiceless knuckles
Ustinov had an intense interest in politics, and although branded sometimes as a Leftist apologist, his views were within the mainstream parameters, something between he thirty yard lines and devoid of ideological rhetoric passing as profound insight. Early in his … Continue reading
huac and scoundrel times: he admired the china birds
The House Un-American Activities Committee. HUAC. Many believed in the Communist menace, and many thought McCarthy’s inquisitorial techniques were as good as those on any radio or television show. 1952. Lillian Hellman. She did a hard thing when others were … Continue reading
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