Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (126 page)

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Authors: James T. Patterson

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Douglas, William,
113
,
155
–56,
192
,
388
,
416

Dow Chemical,
753

"Dr. Kildare,"
319

Dr. Strangelove
(film),
445
–46,
699

Draft.
See
Selective Service

"Dragnet,"
350

Drew, Elizabeth,
784

Dubinsky, David,
146

DuBois, W. E. B.,
22
,
483
n

Due, Quang,
513
–14

Duke, Angier Biddle,
475

Dulles Airport,
317

Dulles, Allen,
102
,
103
,
284
,
297
,
493
,
496
,
498
,
519
,
520

Dulles, John Foster: death,
424

and defense spending,
423
–24

and "Establishment,"
102
–3

and Indochina,
295
,
296
,
297

and "massive retaliation,"
286
–87,
288
,
290
–91

and "New Look,"
287
–89,
290

and Quemoy and Matsu,
301
–2

Secretary of State,
282
–84,
310

and Soviet Union,
302

and Suez Crisis,
306
–7

Dylan, Bob,
410
,
445
,
449
,
483
,
583
,
622
–23,
716

Eagleton, Thomas,
760
–61

Early, Stephen,
93
,
246
–47

Earth Day,
727

East Germany (German Democratic Republic),
89
,
263
n,
424
,
497

East of Eden
(film),
365

Eastern Europe: and Eisenhower,
251

George Kennan on,
114

Reinhold Niebuhr and,
121

Soviet occupation of,
107

Soviet influence in,
86
,
88
,
102
,
120
,
135
,
308

and Stalin,
87
,
89

and Truman,
105

Eastland, James,
24
,
392
,
394
,
417
,
474
,
477
,
765
n

Easy
Rider
(film),
454
,
711
,
736

Economic Bill of Rights,
137
,
141

Economic Growth,
790

in 1940s,
8
,
40
,
46
,
59
–60,
79
–80,
82

in 1950s,
235
,
272
,
312
–16

in 1960s,
450
–51,
490
,
637
,
639

in 1970s,
737
,
739
,
740
–41,
781
,
783
,
784
–85,
789

"The Ed Sullivan Show,"
350
,
373
,
446

Eden, Anthony,
91
,
306
–7

Edge of the City
(film),
382

Edmund Pettis Bridge,
580
–81,
582

Education: and African-Americans,
67
,
69
,
384
,
386
–88,
411
,
545
–46

Brown v. Board of Education
,
388
–95,
398

colleges and universities,
68
–69,
312
—13

federal aid for,
18
,
69
–70,
147
,
166
,
274
,
411
,
436
,
447
,
461
,
466
,
565
,
569
–72,
641
,
787

and GI Bill,
68

Little Rock,
413
–16

local control,
661
–62

National Defense Education Act,
421

parochial schools,
18

public schools,
67
,
69

and Red Scare,
185
–87,
203

and War on Poverty,
539

and women,
367
,
719

Edwards v. South Carolina
(1963),
566

Egypt,
306
–8,
780

Ehrlich, Paul,
726
,
728

Ehrlichman, John,
718
,
733
,
757
,
771
,
774
,
775
,
777
,
779
n

Einstein, Albert,
173

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
102
,
246
,
304
,
314
,
330
,
464

and arms race,
418
–20

and civil rights,
248
,
392
–94,
405
,
412
–16,
468
,
474

and CIA,
284
–86

and Cuba,
423
,
427
–28,
429
,
492

and defense policy,
420
–21

and Democratic party,
155
–56

electoral success,
260
,
309
–30

farewell address,
440
–41

foreign policy,
276
–310

and Hungary,
291
,
308
–9

and Indochina,
291
,
292
,
294
–95,
298
–99,
428
–30,
512
,
598
,
604

and Kennedy,
459
,
468
,
487

and Khrushchev,
303
,
497

and Korean war,
214
,
234
,
260
,
261
,
749

troops in Lebanon,
423

Little Rock crisis,
413
–16

military career,
102

and General Douglas MacArthur,
218
,
229

and Joseph McCarthy,
255
–56,
264
–66,
267
–68,
270
,
280

and NATO,
247
,
251

and "New Look,"
287
–89,
290

1956 presidential campaign,
406

during 1960 election,
437
,
440

and Nixon,
248
,
256
,
434
,
437
,
741

and Pledge of Allegiance,
329

political philosophy,
271
–72

as president,
58
,
140
,
142
,
243
,
312
,
407
,
411
,
422
,
460

as president of Columbia University,
156
,
185
,
244
,
249

as presidential candidate,
250
–52,
255

Quemoy and Matsu,
291
,
299
–302

and religion,
332

and Rosenberg trial,
263

response to Suez crisis,
291
,
305
–8

and Supreme Court,
388
–89,
416
,
417

and television,
258
–59,
350
,
460

and Truman,
97
,
156
,
249
,
250
,
272

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