Word: pretorian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...essential that the traditional role of the Army in these distressing times be carefully preserved-that it not be used as an instrument of tyranny or oppression -a form of pretorian guard-by those seeking to strengthen and entrench political power-but that it be used instead as a force of free men dedicated to its sworn purpose of 'defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic...