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...general political analysis presented by the specter of Dulles?? stolidity and Nixon’s serpentine behavior, Eisenhower, despite his illness, appears a most creative leader. This appears in his proposals for the segregation problem—moderate but forceful action and the establishment of biracial commissions. Eisenhower’s stands, both foreign and domestic (with the exception of the farm bill), have been forthright and sensible. In light of his own worth and the incompetence of his immediate subordinates, the President’s recurring illness is most distressing to a comparatively leaderless nation...
...Chinese history, Thomson left the University for politics in 1956 to work on Democrat Adlai E. Stevenson’s second campaign for the presidency. For one Stevenson speech on foreign policy, Thomson coined the term “brinksmanship” to describe Secretary of State John F. Dulles??s claim to bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war in order to block Soviet expansion. The term has since become standard foreign policy jargon...
...Dulles?? campaign was neither so desperate nor dramatic. Dulles, a lawyer with a respected, small international law boutique, said that he did not run on a platform and had no bone to pick with the HAA establishment...
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