Word: acheson
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...MACARTHUR WAS INSUBORDINATE IT WAS BECAUSE, LIKE MANY MILLIONS OF FELLOW AMERICANS, HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE UNREALISTIC AND BASIC ACHESON POLICIES CONTINUOUSLY SERVE SOVIET AIMS AT THE RISK OF ULTIMATE LOSS OF AMERICAN FREEDOM...
...when Truman needed (or thought he needed) a defense for firing MacArthur, he turned to Acheson for a brief. Acheson gave him one, prepared several days before for the purpose of defending Acheson's general viewpoint. Revised for the special situation, this speech was admirably suited to the purpose Truman had in mind-charging MacArthur with trying to extend the war. Apparently, it did not occur to Truman or Acheson that the speech could have another-and far greater -effect: giving Communism worldwide possession of the strategic initiative. The new policy is an attempt to elevate Truman...
Lincoln, however, made no public defense. Harry Truman went on the air with the best defense that Lawyer Acheson could give...
...June 27, 1950. The Reds had invaded South Korea and Truman proclaimed to the world that the U.S. would resist this aggression. He did not, however, limit his action to Korea. In the same brief statement he said that the U.S. would defend Formosa (this decision reversed an Acheson policy) and give additional aid to anti-Communist forces in the Philippines and Indo-China...
Besides the British, the two other main influences on Truman's Asia policy are Dean Acheson and George Marshall. Both men, highly successful in other fields, failed on China. The failure rankles. They keep looking back. They will not face the future...