Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Same day, Tito announced Dr. Subasich's resignation. Subasich had complained in effect that their seven-month-old coalition had turned into a dictatorship, that the Nov. 11 elections would be a farcical Communist coup. Now Tito bluntly accused him of quitting to provide a "motive for foreign intervention...
The Pattern. Since last month's stiffening of the U.S. attitude on eastern Europe, Russia had climbed down a little way. It realized at last that the Western powers held a potent threat: they could refuse to sign peace treaties with puppet governments in Eastern Europe. For a fortnight...
Some officials in the U.S. State Department had long hesitated to put pressure on Argentina's Government, fearing that such intervention would unite all Argentines against the domineering Yanqui. But Spruille Braden's most outspoken speech seemed to have done no such thing. Except for Perón...
Surprise & Understanding. The Hong Kong episode came before the dust had settled from Foreign Secretary Bevin's first forthright venture into the field of foreign policy (TIME, Aug. 27). His denunciation of Soviet-backed Balkan Governments and refusal to countenance intervention in Spain shocked left-wingers who looked for...
Ernest Bevin's speech had served two important purposes. To the world it had underlined a fact often overlooked abroad: there is a continuity in British foreign relations that overrides party affiliations. To the Britons who were disappointed, it underlined a fact often overlooked: the general election was fought...