Share an idea or two from this week's reading. What was most interesting to you? What was most strange? How does the reading this week fit into issues and discussions we have had in this class?
One thing I found interesting from this week’s reading is that President Harry S. Truman acknowledged the state of Greece and Turkey and he decided to take measures in order to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine provided American support for other nations threatened by Soviet communism. This meant that America provided financial aid to support the economies and the militaries of Greece and Turkey. This was a very important step for the United States as it led to the formation of NATO, and military alliance that is still in effect, and created peace and prosperity among many countries.
McCarthy describes the war as "not the usual war between nations for land areas or other material gains but a war between two diametrically opposed ideologies." Although democracy and communism are completely opposite in ideology they are quite similar in how each was established. Both ideologies rose when the people of their nations felt suppressed. Both ideologies also attempt to solve the problems monarchies create. In addition I found it quite ironic that Greece the first democratic nation in the world had to call upon America, a relatively new nation for help protecting their democracy.
I was most interested in "Enemies from within" because there were a lot of senators who seemed to be concerned about the disloyalty within the government. Each senator had a different approach like Harry S. Truman. Truman thought a loyalty program for the employees would sweep it away. Joseph McCarthy wanted everyone to know about the government so he thought it would be best to express himself through a speech. The disloyal feeling about the government then has not changed in present. Many people still feel that the government is not fair and disloyal.
The reading I found to be the most interesting was from "Enemies from Within". In the reading, McCarthy discussed the disloyalty within the government. What I found to be the most interesting was that even after the discharge of Alger Hiss and the other members who had said they were Communist, that there were still members of the State Department that were disloyal to the government and were Communist. These members had even been labeled as such, but were still not discharged.
In "Enemies from Within," McCarthy talks about communists that are working within the U.S Government. I found it interesting that he used Lincoln's birthday as a reason why action should be taken in order to stop a war from happening. I found it strange though that even when it was known that there were Communists working within the government, many of them were not removed at the time. This fits in with the idea of unfair politics and talked about how something should be done in order to keep the peace that they had achieved.
In Enemies from within, what was most interesting to me was when McCarthy said, "When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within." This is extremely true and serves his case as to why he thought of setting up a loyalty program for federal employees. He knew in order to be the greatest and strongest country, everyone had to be aboard.
In the reading "Enemies from within," I found it most interesting and eye opening when McCarthy said "Five years after a world war has been won, men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace—and men’s minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war" I feel that he really wanted everyone to come together as one and unite to become the strongest nation and make everyone become at peace.
In "Enemies from within" McCarthy said, "The great difference between our western Christian world and the atheistic Communist world is not political, gentlemen, it is moral." This is basically saying that we are fighting not from a political stance, but from what our morals are and what we believe in. This is interesting to me because we have always talked about in class how wars are fought because of what color you are or over a certain type of land. Now wars are starting because people are fighting over what they truly believe in and think is right.
In McCarthy's "Enemies from Within", he speaks out against disloyalty from within the government. McCarthy considers a man "being a traitor to the man who gave him a position of great trust" as committing was is considered "the most abominable of all crimes". In class we discussed how most wars are fought for money, land, or power. I found it interesting that McCarthy considered the Cold War to not be political, but instead a war of morality. He knew this war could not be won with "traitors" on the inside so he openly spoke out against Communist officials within the government. Even though some members were discharged, not all were removed which did support his statement that "there are bright young men born with silver spoons in their mouths that are the most traitorous". Due to their high standing, they did not have to face consequences.
In this weeks readings I found McCarthy's Enemies from Within the most interesting. It was interesting to see how he explained that the war that could possibly end America was not one of normal materialistic gain but of espionage. It was also interesting to see his stance on how religion played a part in this time as he said that Communism wasn't just a threat to America but to Western Christian Society.
The reading that I found the most interesting was "Enemies from Within". I thought it was interesting how over 50 years ago was talking about putting and end to war and disarmament. Yet now we have even more destructive capability and are more on edge in our current state. I also find it interesting the way they were so afraid of communists among them. They were very eager to accuse someone of being a communist, and I think that this caused a large wave of paranoia during this time.
In the reading from "Enemies From Within" I found it interesting how many facts that Joseph McCarthy had regarding the Soviets growth overtime. To me it seems like he is purposely making up extreme numbers that are most likely very inaccurate just to get his point across. Another thing that I noticed, that I found really strange is that he decided to use Lincolns Birthday as a chance to speak about the traitors within the government. Even though this is a good tactic as he will have a large audience because it is the celebration of Lincolns birthday, it is not the right way to properly celebrate his birthday.
I found the "Truman Doctrine" the most interesting reading of the week. Harry Truman outlined his plan to aid Greece and Turkey before Congress. At first glance I was under the impression that his goal was purely out of the kindness of his heart. Granted, it was absolutely pure in its intentions but it wasn't only out of pure intentions that his goals would be proposed before Congress. In a plan to insure that the United States spending and efforts in the previous World War would not be in vain he proposed to aid Greece and Turkey with $400,000,000. I found it most interesting that, at least in this circumstance, a world leader was aiming to provide a just amount of aid while also being fiscally sound in his proposal.
In the readings this week, what really stood out to me was "Enemies from Within" the reason for this was because Joseph starts off by talking about Lincoln. Talking about the birthday of Lincoln and connecting him with what is happening. He says that Lincoln hated wars he didn't want them to happen. Joseph also says how its no longer a war for land. It is now a war against to opposing sides. He wanted people to understand that the facts were there and if they waited too long they would have to face the consequences. He also question his audience about the war happening. I think that the way Joseph is presenting the war to the people as a war of morality and not as a political, power or land type of war. Thats whats really getting that attention of the audience they wouldn't see the war as a bad thing.
In the readings from this week, I found "Enemies from Within" to be the most intriguing. Joseph McCarthy wins the 1946 election to senate based off of a campaign centered around "anticommunist red-baiting". Something that was interesting to me was that President Truman started voicing his concern about communist only after the various republican victories. McCarthy attacked Truman's administration at a speech in West Virginia claiming that the state department harbored "traitorous communists". This shows how the scare of communism spanned across all of the country and throughout American politics
The reading I found most interesting this week was the "Truman Doctrine." President Truman addresses the issues within Greece and Turkey. This doctrine was a support system for nation's threatened by communism and needed help. The US provided Greece with aid in a time of need, which created a good reputation for the US. The showed that the US had a supportive and optimistic president.
In the Truman Doctrine, Truman acknowledged the fact that Greece and Turkey's free government was failing due to the war and totalitarian regimes destroying their commerce. The Truman Doctrine planned out how the United States will aid the two countries. This caught my attention because the U.S. wanted to ensure that independent nations remain free, despite the totalitarian regimes fighting and persuading otherwise. The U.S. planned to fund both countries as well as deploy American troops to help the nations with what they need.
The reading "The Truman Doctrine" was an interesting document to read as it provided a reason for the United States to participate in the war. I'm not exactly sure however, if the United states helped Turkey and Greece in the war to help the governments since they were too weak to fight in the war, or if the United States supported the countries at the time of the war so that the countries would not be compelled to convert to communism. The president also states how there are so many free opportunities for those in a democratic government; however, even in the U.S. the equal rights that the president states are not afforded to many of the minorities in the country.
In "Enemies from Within", McCarthy's speech seems little more than a madman's ravings. Not only does he fail to provide concrete evidence of communism within the State department, he declares that the very principles we all believe in (love, justice, etc) are being attacked by communism.
In reading "The Truman Doctrine" I found interesting how much President Truman wanted to help Greece's army since they were poorly equipped, and felt as though there was no other country that could help them. He also felt as thought they should help Turkey, who was seeking financial support from the US and Great Britain. I just found that President Truman assisting those countries quite interesting since I never truly knew what the Truman Doctrine was about.
One thing I found interesting from this week’s reading is that President Harry S. Truman acknowledged the state of Greece and Turkey and he decided to take measures in order to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine provided American support for other nations threatened by Soviet communism. This meant that America provided financial aid to support the economies and the militaries of Greece and Turkey. This was a very important step for the United States as it led to the formation of NATO, and military alliance that is still in effect, and created peace and prosperity among many countries.
ReplyDeleteMcCarthy describes the war as "not the usual war between nations for land areas or other material gains but a war between two diametrically opposed ideologies." Although democracy and communism are completely opposite in ideology they are quite similar in how each was established. Both ideologies rose when the people of their nations felt suppressed. Both ideologies also attempt to solve the problems monarchies create. In addition I found it quite ironic that Greece the first democratic nation in the world had to call upon America, a relatively new nation for help protecting their democracy.
ReplyDeleteI was most interested in "Enemies from within" because there were a lot of senators who seemed to be concerned about the disloyalty within the government. Each senator had a different approach like Harry S. Truman. Truman thought a loyalty program for the employees would sweep it away. Joseph McCarthy wanted everyone to know about the government so he thought it would be best to express himself through a speech. The disloyal feeling about the government then has not changed in present. Many people still feel that the government is not fair and disloyal.
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ReplyDeleteThe reading I found to be the most interesting was from "Enemies from Within". In the reading, McCarthy discussed the disloyalty within the government. What I found to be the most interesting was that even after the discharge of Alger Hiss and the other members who had said they were Communist, that there were still members of the State Department that were disloyal to the government and were Communist. These members had even been labeled as such, but were still not discharged.
ReplyDeleteIn "Enemies from Within," McCarthy talks about communists that are working within the U.S Government. I found it interesting that he used Lincoln's birthday as a reason why action should be taken in order to stop a war from happening. I found it strange though that even when it was known that there were Communists working within the government, many of them were not removed at the time. This fits in with the idea of unfair politics and talked about how something should be done in order to keep the peace that they had achieved.
ReplyDeleteIn Enemies from within, what was most interesting to me was when McCarthy said, "When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within." This is extremely true and serves his case as to why he thought of setting up a loyalty program for federal employees. He knew in order to be the greatest and strongest country, everyone had to be aboard.
ReplyDeleteIn the reading "Enemies from within," I found it most interesting and eye opening when McCarthy said "Five years after a world war has been won, men’s hearts should anticipate a long peace—and men’s minds should be free from the heavy weight that comes with war" I feel that he really wanted everyone to come together as one and unite to become the strongest nation and make everyone become at peace.
ReplyDeleteIn "Enemies from within" McCarthy said, "The great difference between our western Christian world and the atheistic Communist world is not political, gentlemen, it is moral." This is basically saying that we are fighting not from a political stance, but from what our morals are and what we believe in. This is interesting to me because we have always talked about in class how wars are fought because of what color you are or over a certain type of land. Now wars are starting because people are fighting over what they truly believe in and think is right.
ReplyDeleteIn McCarthy's "Enemies from Within", he speaks out against disloyalty from within the government. McCarthy considers a man "being a traitor to the man who gave him a position of great trust" as committing was is considered "the most abominable of all crimes". In class we discussed how most wars are fought for money, land, or power. I found it interesting that McCarthy considered the Cold War to not be political, but instead a war of morality. He knew this war could not be won with "traitors" on the inside so he openly spoke out against Communist officials within the government. Even though some members were discharged, not all were removed which did support his statement that "there are bright young men born with silver spoons in their mouths that are the most traitorous". Due to their high standing, they did not have to face consequences.
ReplyDeleteIn this weeks readings I found McCarthy's Enemies from Within the most interesting. It was interesting to see how he explained that the war that could possibly end America was not one of normal materialistic gain but of espionage. It was also interesting to see his stance on how religion played a part in this time as he said that Communism wasn't just a threat to America but to Western Christian Society.
ReplyDeleteThe reading that I found the most interesting was "Enemies from Within". I thought it was interesting how over 50 years ago was talking about putting and end to war and disarmament. Yet now we have even more destructive capability and are more on edge in our current state. I also find it interesting the way they were so afraid of communists among them. They were very eager to accuse someone of being a communist, and I think that this caused a large wave of paranoia during this time.
ReplyDeleteIn the reading from "Enemies From Within" I found it interesting how many facts that Joseph McCarthy had regarding the Soviets growth overtime. To me it seems like he is purposely making up extreme numbers that are most likely very inaccurate just to get his point across. Another thing that I noticed, that I found really strange is that he decided to use Lincolns Birthday as a chance to speak about the traitors within the government. Even though this is a good tactic as he will have a large audience because it is the celebration of Lincolns birthday, it is not the right way to properly celebrate his birthday.
ReplyDeleteI found the "Truman Doctrine" the most interesting reading of the week. Harry Truman outlined his plan to aid Greece and Turkey before Congress. At first glance I was under the impression that his goal was purely out of the kindness of his heart. Granted, it was absolutely pure in its intentions but it wasn't only out of pure intentions that his goals would be proposed before Congress. In a plan to insure that the United States spending and efforts in the previous World War would not be in vain he proposed to aid Greece and Turkey with $400,000,000. I found it most interesting that, at least in this circumstance, a world leader was aiming to provide a just amount of aid while also being fiscally sound in his proposal.
ReplyDeleteIn the readings this week, what really stood out to me was "Enemies from Within" the reason for this was because Joseph starts off by talking about Lincoln. Talking about the birthday of Lincoln and connecting him with what is happening. He says that Lincoln hated wars he didn't want them to happen. Joseph also says how its no longer a war for land. It is now a war against to opposing sides. He wanted people to understand that the facts were there and if they waited too long they would have to face the consequences. He also question his audience about the war happening. I think that the way Joseph is presenting the war to the people as a war of morality and not as a political, power or land type of war. Thats whats really getting that attention of the audience they wouldn't see the war as a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteIn the readings from this week, I found "Enemies from Within" to be the most intriguing. Joseph McCarthy wins the 1946 election to senate based off of a campaign centered around "anticommunist red-baiting". Something that was interesting to me was that President Truman started voicing his concern about communist only after the various republican victories. McCarthy attacked Truman's administration at a speech in West Virginia claiming that the state department harbored "traitorous communists". This shows how the scare of communism spanned across all of the country and throughout American politics
ReplyDeleteThe reading I found most interesting this week was the "Truman Doctrine." President Truman addresses the issues within Greece and Turkey. This doctrine was a support system for nation's threatened by communism and needed help. The US provided Greece with aid in a time of need, which created a good reputation for the US. The showed that the US had a supportive and optimistic president.
ReplyDeleteIn the Truman Doctrine, Truman acknowledged the fact that Greece and Turkey's free government was failing due to the war and totalitarian regimes destroying their commerce. The Truman Doctrine planned out how the United States will aid the two countries. This caught my attention because the U.S. wanted to ensure that independent nations remain free, despite the totalitarian regimes fighting and persuading otherwise. The U.S. planned to fund both countries as well as deploy American troops to help the nations with what they need.
ReplyDeleteThe reading "The Truman Doctrine" was an interesting document to read as it provided a reason for the United States to participate in the war. I'm not exactly sure however, if the United states helped Turkey and Greece in the war to help the governments since they were too weak to fight in the war, or if the United States supported the countries at the time of the war so that the countries would not be compelled to convert to communism. The president also states how there are so many free opportunities for those in a democratic government; however, even in the U.S. the equal rights that the president states are not afforded to many of the minorities in the country.
ReplyDeleteIn "Enemies from Within", McCarthy's speech seems little more than a madman's ravings. Not only does he fail to provide concrete evidence of communism within the State department, he declares that the very principles we all believe in (love, justice, etc) are being attacked by communism.
ReplyDeleteIn reading "The Truman Doctrine" I found interesting how much President Truman wanted to help Greece's army since they were poorly equipped, and felt as though there was no other country that could help them. He also felt as thought they should help Turkey, who was seeking financial support from the US and Great Britain. I just found that President Truman assisting those countries quite interesting since I never truly knew what the Truman Doctrine was about.
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