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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that it might go on for years, however it might be shortened by the help of anti-Communist forces inside and outside China. The war would have to be begun in the knowledge that Russia might come in too, which would lead to the atomic horrors of World War III...
...Real Villain. But, mostly, men & women wasted little breath over bygones: millions sadly accepted the probability that war of some kind, perhaps even World War III, had already begun and that their world might be sacrificed to it, and tried to understand what might have to be done. Russia-apparently in all U.S. minds-was the real villain, the real and terrible foe. Said Detroit Salesman Zacharias Cosmas: "Hit the main Bolsheviks. The tail won't bite if you hit the head." Said New Orleans Policeman Ernest F. Curtis: "We should declare war on Russia officially and then drop...
Course No. I. They could conclude that there was no more chance of avoiding or postponing World War III. They could begin dropping atomic bombs on the center of World Communist aggression-Russia-and take the feeble measures now available to minimize Russian retaliation. There is little chance that such measures could 1) stave off Russian atomic bombing of the U.S., perhaps of Britain, 2) defend Europe against Russian conquest, or 3) protect any part of the Asian mainland. Very long range, however, there was a chance that the U.S. and its allies could win such...
...Course No. 6, recent history has provided the evaluation: it can lead only to World War III and to Communist victory therein...
Within hours after President Truman's first statement on possible use of the atom bomb (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the press, public and politicians of all Europe suddenly awoke to the possibility that World War III might be upon them. In Britain the reaction was especially strong...