Cold War liberalism
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Cold War liberalism was a mid-20th-century American political ideology that combined support for social welfare and civil rights at home with a strongly anti-communist, interventionist foreign policy.
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American liberalism
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Cold War ideology → political ideology → |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Americans for Democratic Action
→
Congress of Industrial Organizations → |
| associatedWithMovement |
Americans for Democratic Action
→
anti-communist left → |
| associatedWithParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
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| associatedWithPerson |
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
→
Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED → Hubert Humphrey → John F. Kennedy → Lyndon B. Johnson → Reinhold Niebuhr → Walter Reuther → |
| challengedBy |
New Left
→
Vietnam War opposition → neoconservatism → |
| declinedDuring |
late 1960s
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| emergedDuring |
Cold War
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| hasCoreValue |
anti-communism
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civil liberties → internationalism → liberal democracy → social reform → |
| hasGeographicScope |
United States
NERFINISHED
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| hasGoal |
defend liberal democracy against communism
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expand social welfare while maintaining capitalism → |
| hasIdeologicalPosition |
anti-totalitarian
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center-left → |
| hasStanceOnEconomy |
pro-mixed economy
→
pro-welfare state → |
| hasStanceOnForeignPolicy |
pro-NATO
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pro-containment → |
| hasTemporalContext |
mid-20th century
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| influencedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Harry S. Truman → Marshall Plan → New Deal liberalism → Truman Doctrine → containment doctrine → |
| opposesIdeology |
McCarthyism
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Soviet-style socialism → communism → far-left radicalism → isolationism → |
| supportsPolicy |
Keynesian economic policy
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U.S. global leadership → civil rights legislation → containment of communism → interventionist foreign policy → regulated capitalism → social welfare programs → strong national defense → |
| supportsProgram |
Great Society programs
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Marshall Plan → NATO → Truman Doctrine → civil rights movement → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Two Concepts of Liberty
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associatedWith |
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
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influenced |
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Kennedy administration
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mainIdeology |
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New Left
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opposed |