Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commission, we i) show the Russians (against whom, after all, this secrecy is being directed) that we are ready to trust them, i) give a strong impetus for success of the United Nations Organization, 3) furnish a strong moral persuader to other nations to follow our example in cosmopolitan behavior, and 4) lose nothing which we won't lose shortly in any event, if we haven't already done...
...difficult thing for U.S. correspondents to write about, but in intermittent dispatches they were sending back a disturbing story. The behavior of U.S. soldiers abroad, particularly in the liberated countries of Europe, has left a bad taste in the mouths of all concerned. Relations between the G.I.s and the civilian populations have been strained to the utmost. This was especially true in France...
There were things to be said on both sides; there were excuses and rationalizations. But the ugly fact was that the behavior of many G.I.s in Europe was disgraceful. It was not just that there were rights in the Place Pigalle (which G.I.s call "Pig Alley") and fights on the waterfront of Le Havre. It was not just holdups here and drunkenness and rowdyism there...
With the French girl's last observation all G.I.s would agree. They also wished they could go home. And that was partly the reason for their bad behavior. The best-paid, best-fed soldiers in the world had not wanted to come in the first place, they had never really understood why they were there, and now they wanted to go home fast...
...attitude that we've come as conquerors and what is ours is ours. The outcome of this occupation really rests on their shoulders but few of them realize it. These people are forming their opinion of America and its Americans through the occupation forces. Our manner of behavior, thoughts and feelings have much to do with this...