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xBookGlossaryTermsObj['trumandoctrine'] = "Truman Doctrine: U.S. pledge to contain the expansion of communism around the world. Based on the idea of containment, the Truman Doctrine was the cornerstone of American foreign policy throughout the Cold War.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['marshallplan'] = "Marshall Plan: Post–World War II European economic aid package developed by Secretary of State George Marshall. The plan helped rebuild Western Europe and served American political and economic interests in the process.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['imperialpresidency'] = "imperial presidency: Term used to describe the growth of presidential powers during the Cold War, particularly with respect to war-making powers and the conduct of national security.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['nationalsecuritycouncilnsc'] = "National Security Council (NSC): Council created by the 1947 National Security Act to advise the president on military and foreign affairs. The NSC consists of the national security adviser and the secretaries of state, defense, the army, the navy, and the air force.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['berlinairlift'] = "Berlin airlift: During the Berlin blockade by the Soviets from 1948 to 1949, the U.S. and British governments dispatched their air forces to transport food and supplies to West Berlin.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['northatlantictreatyorganizationnato'] = "North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Cold War military alliance intended to enhance the collective security of the United States and Western Europe.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['nsc68'] = "NSC-68: April 1950 National Security Council document that advocated the intensification of the policy of containment both at home and abroad.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['servicemensreadjustmentact'] = "Servicemen’s Readjustment Act: 1944 act that offered educational opportunities and financial aid to veterans as they readjusted to civilian life. Known as the GI Bill, the law helped millions of veterans build new lives after the war.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['tafthartleyact'] = "Taft-Hartley Act: 1947 law that curtailed unions’ ability to organize. It prevented unions from barring employment to non-union members and authorized the federal government to halt a strike for eighty days if it interfered with the national interest.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['congressofracialequalitycore'] = "Congress of Racial Equality (CORE): Civil rights organization, founded in 1942, that fought against racial exclusion in public accommodations. The emergence of organizations like CORE signaled a new phase in the civil rights struggle.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['tosecuretheserights'] = "To Secure These Rights: Report issued by President Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights in 1947 that advocated extending racial equality. Among its recommendations was the desegregation of the military, which Truman instituted by executive order in 1948.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['vitalcenterliberalism'] = "vital center liberalism: Political ideology of Harry Truman supporters who took a middle political ground between the extreme right and left. Vital center liberals supported the Cold War, favored civil rights measures and federal government support for public housing and medical care, and opposed McCarthyism while supporting domestic anticommunism efforts.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['housecommitteeonunamericanactivitieshuac'] = "House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC): House committee established in 1938 to investigate domestic communism. After World War II, HUAC conducted highly publicized investigations of Communist influence in government and the entertainment industry.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['smithact'] = "Smith Act: 1940 act that prohibited teaching or advocating the violent overthrow of the U.S. government or belonging to any group with that aim.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['federalemployeeloyaltyprogram'] = "Federal Employee Loyalty Program: Program established by President Truman in 1947 to investigate federal employees suspected of disloyalty.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['blacklist'] = "blacklist: Informal list of individuals barred from employment in the entertainment industry in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a result of their suspected Communist connections.";
xBookGlossaryTermsObj['mccarthyism'] = "McCarthyism Term used to describe the harassment and persecution of suspected political radicals. Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of many prominent government figures who helped incite anti-Communist hysteria in the early 1950s.";