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sent in Cold War America.*
Finally, and more generally, the war slowed-if it did not halt entirely-domestic reform on the part of the Truman ad- ministration, while further strengthening conservative forces. Truman was forced to abandon the remnants of the Fair Deal and to depend more and more on conservatives, both in Con- gress, where he was now forced to seek accommodation with the southern Democrats, and within his own administration. The emasculation of the Housing Act of 1949 and...