Word: armstrong
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lively and vocal search for a U.S. foreign policy, one authoritative voice had not spoken since Pearl Harbor. Last week learned, clearheaded Hamilton Fish Armstrong broke his silence in Foreign Affairs, the quarterly he edits...
Most striking part of the article was its passionately explicit reminder of the nature of the enemy. Editor Armstrong warned against a sentimental peace. Eventually, he believes, the U.S. will be able to accept its present enemies as partners-but "eventually" is a long way off. In the interim, U.S. citizens can test each peace proposal only by the "realistic" yardstick: Does it increase U.S. security...
Limited or Unlimited? Having delivered a timely reminder that the first job is to deal firmly with our enemies, Editor Armstrong then outlined his own set of basic principles for the peace. Most important: the peace should be based on common agreements among many nations rather than any Big Power Alliance. Thus he put up a "stop, look & listen" sign across the path of the Lippmann bandwagon. Columnist Lippmann's U.S. Foreign Policy, Shield of the Republic (TIME, June 14), more than any other single statement, has popularized the idea of a longtime military alliance with Britain, the Soviet...
...Bill Armstrong is in the fighting first, Harry Browne in the scintillating second, your correspondent (blush blush) in the thundering third. All four of us went to high school together, and all but Mr. Browne were spending our ration points in South Bend B.H. (before Harvard...
After the fight, he announced his retirement: he had made enough money to pay his taxes. Two years ago, he had similarly retired but after the Robinson fight, everybody knew that Henry Armstrong was really through...