Questions From McCormick

Ch1.

1. Since 1945, what two factors does McCormick state as the key aspects in United States policy making?
2. According to McCormick why is it necessary that a hegemonic power be involved in a worldwide open trade market?

Ch 2.

1. What are the three developments that aided in the United States replacing Great Britain as the hegemonic power of the world?
2. In 1945, what country played an important part in causing tensions between the U.S and the USSR, and what caused those tensions?

Ch.3

1. What was the basis for the Post war American Vision, and how was the vision portrayed?
2. Who were the “heterogeneous” groups who opposed the Cold War from within the U.S., and what reasons did they provide as their reasoning for dissenting against the War?

Ch. 4

1. In the first three years of the War, how was the Soviet government run, and for what reasons was it governed in that manner?
2. In what ways did the Truman Administration confront the problems caused by the crisis involving the American dollar, the Soviet Atom-bomb, and Chinese Revolution?

Ch. 5

1. According to McCormick, what was the cause of the Korean War?
2. In 1950, why did the United States back the decolonization of South-east Asia?

Ch. 6

1. According to McCormick, all-encompassing power itself is not enough to rule the world as a hegemonic power, what else is needed to be a true hegemonic power in the middle of the twentieth century?
2. During the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations, what was the role of the United States in world order, and why was this the belief?