Word: deters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President. But thoughtful Senators on both sides of the aisle began to wonder whether adoption of "authorized" might throw doubt upon the President's implied power as Commander in Chief to use armed forces to safeguard the nation's security. This doubt, the reasoning ran, might deter future Presidents from taking necessary action in future crises. To uproot this constitutional thorn patch, Mansfield drafted an amendment to change the wording from "he is authorized to employ the armed forces of the U.S. as he deems necessary" to "if the President determines the necessity thereof, the U.S. is prepared...
Unrelenting Strain. Around the atom, which now comes in almost all shapes and sizes, the U.S. now deploys a versatile force-Army, Navy and Air Force-designed to 1) deter wars, 2) to win wars and 3) to give precise support to U.S. diplomacy at precise points. Such a force-in-being, constantly under re-evaluation and re-equipment, demands such phenomenal expenditures as $15 million for an atomic-submarine power plant (about as much as a World War II light cruiser), $8,000,000 for an intercontinental B-52 jet bomber (as much as 42 World...
Quarles's firm conclusion: Though much is spoken "of the uses of modern weapons in the prosecution of war . . . the most profitable use of modern arms is in making their readiness for employment and the intent to employ them so plain that no war occurs. To deter not only total war, but limited war as well, I believe we must make clear to all potential aggressors that we will resist aggression with our quality weapons from the outset. Any lesser posture of deterrence is an open invitation to aggression, and is less than our best effort to avert...
...still needed to be said publicly to back up the week's U.S. diplomacy. Now Gruenther, with specific White House authority, set about saying it in terms that no Communist geopolitician could misunderstand. "The main purpose and the guiding principle that we always have," he began, "is to deter a war from taking place . . . Probably the outstanding element in the deterrent as of today, the 13th of November, 1956, is the fact that we have air units with an overwhelming capacity which could retaliate very significantly and very destructively in this area." Gruenther turned toward one of his maps...
...President, the U.S. has proposed and the Russians have rejected no fewer than 14 new plans to break the disarmament deadlock and to work out a foolproof agreement. Under such circumstances the U.S. has no alternative but to keep up its guard. "The power of these weapons to deter aggression and to guard world peace could be lost if we failed to hold our superiority...