Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fifth-Grade Arithmetic. To most Washington officials, Bob Lovett is the near-perfect example of the perfect executive. He made his mark in the business world. He succeeded so well during the war as Assistant Secretary of War for Air that ex-Secretary Robert Patterson once remarked: "The fact that...
No Fire Extinguisher? President Harry Truman's words, committing the U.S. to see the fight against Communism through to the bitter end, heartened antiCommunists. Greece's Premier Themistocles Sophoulis called the speech "a beacon of hope." But many Europeans, who had expected the U.S. to draw a geographic...
Draft of 19 to 25-year olds and a three billion dollar expansion of the armed forces was demanded yesterday by the three armed forces cabinet members, who named Russia as a possible enemy.
¶Despite fat profits, steel companies had not been able to set aside enough reserves to cover the $496 million spent on plant expansion last year.
One year age President Truman enunciated bluntly the growing threat of Russian expansion and won overwhelming support for a foreign policy molded to drive the Soviet Union into a limited sphere. Today it is a matter of fact that we have not succeeded in stopping the extension of Russian influence...