The collapse of the middle way : Senate Republicans and the bipartisan foreign policy, 1948-1952

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The collapse of the middle way : Senate Republicans and the bipartisan foreign policy, 1948-1952

David R. Kepley

(Contributions in American history, no. 126)

Greenwood Press, 1988

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Bibliography: p. [157]-189

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The Truman years saw the beginnings of a dramatic shift in the Republican party's approach to foreign policy and a growing congressional commitment to bipartisanship in foreign affairs. Traditional Republican isolationism, expressed in widespread opposition to overseas political commitments such as NATO and the Marshall Plan, gave way to an internationalist Republican sentiment that called for a militant anti-Communist posture and commitment on a global scale. In this new study, Kepley explains how and why a Cold War consensus developed in the Senate, and he explores the implications of that process for the recurrent conflict between the president and Congress over the conduct of foreign affairs.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction The Origins of Bipartisanship, 1942-1948 The North Atlantic Treaty and the Military Assistance Program, January-September 1949 The Senate and the Fall of China, 1949 The Republicans and Formosa, October 1949-January 1950 McCarthyism and Bipartisanship, January-June 1950 Bipartisanship and the Korean War, June-November 1950 The Great Debate of 1951 MacArthur and the Demise of the Old Bipartisanship Dulles, Eisenhower, and the New Bipartisanship Conclusions Abbreviations in Notes Notes to Chapters Note on Sources Index

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