Peace with Problems (1945-1960)
Formation of the United Nations
“About the UN / History” pages at official United Nations website, with brief history and background of creation of this world body:
http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm
UN Charter (1945), on official UN website—“Introductory Notes” explaining signing in June, 1945, the UN’s start-up in October, 1945, and later amendments (click on “Preamble” and other sections to read text of the Charter):
http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/index.html
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Text of the Declaration, on UN website:
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
The Eleanor Roosevelt and Human
Rights Project webpages, at
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/abouteleanor/timeline/tl5.cfm
Incarceration of Japanese in
Korematsu v. U.S., 323 U.S. 214 (1944) -- U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the detention, on grounds of national security during war-time, of thousands of West-Coast Japanese Americans during WWII:
CompuLEGAL Analysis of Korematsu case on Project LEGAL webpages:
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/scales/korematsu.html
Text of official
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/name.htm#Case_Name-I-K
International Refugee Organization – Brief description of temporary UN Agency (1946-1952), with links, in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed. (2001):
http://www.bartleby.com/65/in/IntlRefu.html
Expansion of Communism in
“Cold War” and “Airplane Incidents” pages at Avalon Project at Yale Law School website, including treaties, reports and documents relating to increasing tensions between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., 1945-1960:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/coldwar/a1950.htm
The Truman Doctrine
Several folders of linked documents (1947 to 1952) which expressed this doctrine, at the Truman Library website:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/doctrine/large/doctrine.htm
The Marshall Plan
Study Collection at the Truman Library website, including folders of linked documents and links to external site information:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/marshall/large/marshall.htm
The
Collection of documents, photos, and explanatory material, at the Truman Library website:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/berlin_airlift.htm
NATO
The NATO Collection, at the Truman Library website, includes materials on the treaty and early development of NATO:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/nato/large/nato.htm
Korean War
Photos, documents, maps, timelines and links to external information, at the Truman Library website:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/korea/large/index.htm
J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Race for the Super Bomb” PBS’ American Experience program companion website provides information and links about Oppenheimer’s role in developing the 1st atomic bomb, Chairmanship of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and his investigation by the HUAC and loss of his government security clearance:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX65.html
J. Robert Oppenheimer and events relating to development of the Atomic Bomb, on website of Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, with external links:
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/bios/k_o/oppenheimerjulius.html
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December, 2002