Season 16, Episode 2: The Reverse Course (Politics, 1945-1954, Part 2)
A photograph of economic advisor Joseph Dodge (right) meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Ikeda Hayato (left). Dodge advised more austere government spending, which helped curb hyperinflation in the long term but caused significant problems in the near term. Source: Public Domain
An image of a map indicating how much money various western European nations, as well as Turkey, received from the US government’s Marshall Plan. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:SimonP
A photograph of the first successful aerial test of a Soviet atomic bomb from 1951. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of one of many craters now found throughout Khazakstan which were created by Soviet nuclear tests throughout the Cold War period. Source: The Official CTBTO Photostream, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A photograph of Yoshida Shigeru signing the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951 which formally restored Japanese sovereignty when it came into effect in 1952. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of President Harry Truman signing the treaty which became the basis for the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. Source: Public Domain
