Word: understands
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They Were Ready. They were "just plain scared" at the thought of another war. But most were resigned to the idea that "we've got to stop Russia." They were divided over U.M.T. and selective service; for one thing, they did not understand how the two operations would function, how they would be separated, or whether both were necessary. But they were convinced that hundreds of thousands of Americans had to put on uniforms. They were ready to believe George Marshall: that the nation had to regain "a reasonable military posture...
...come urgent requests for help from Finland. Norway soon followed. What was the U.S. prepared to do if either took a firm stand against Russia? Then Ambassador Bedell Smith cabled from Moscow: Could not Congress be made to realize the imperative need for some action which the Russians would understand? Smith urged a soldier's solution: immediate enaction of U.M.T...
From Illusion to Reality. The U.S. record since V-J day was a record of failure to seize & hold the initiative. Next to Marshall himself, there was no one better qualified to understand that record, and explain it, than Bob Lovett. As Under Secretary, he had been for the past nine months the prime executor of U.S. policy. As Marshall's second-in-command, and Acting Secretary for the 129 days that Marshall had been away from his post, Lovett had also carried the load of day-to-day decisions. His career as Under Secretary of State spanned three...
That task will involve thousands of American decisions. Some of them were made last week, some will be made next month, others in the years to come. The key decisions will mean nothing unless the American people understand them and participate in them. They can't do that unless they know the strategic situation in which they are placed. Some serious misconceptions about that situation are floating around...
...Russians with democracy's late enemies, the Germans and the Japanese. Both the Axis nations were militarist, which means that they had a preference for going to war to get what they wanted. Militarism is not one of the numerous moral spirochetes in the Communist mind. The Reds understand very clearly the importance of military power, but they prefer not to use it if they can reach their objectives by propaganda, conspiracy or blackmail. The Communists are not likely to unify the U.S. with a military Pearl Harbor...