Word: west
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...MacArthur's imprint in the Far East is only comparable with Winston Churchill's historical stature in the West...
...Better Position." For the first time in three hard years, the State Department had an air of calm, unharried confidence. The truth was that the West had learned how to get on with its work without getting on with the Russians. The lifting of the blockade had been proof of the West's success, the rebellion of the voters in Russia's Eastern Zone was a welcome and unexpected bonus. "I think perhaps we have a better opportunity . . . than we have had before," Acheson declared. "We most certainly are now in a better position to deal with...
...minutes later General Clay sat in a Pentagon press conference, firing answers at newsmen as fast as they could write them down. (Would Germany ally herself with Russia? ". . . Only if the Western powers [were] unwilling to accept Germany back into the community of nations." The future of East-West relations? "I don't think we should ever forget that this is a real struggle between democracy and communism-and that it is going to continue for many years...
Outside the West End Women's Club in Chicago, a mob choked the street. Inside, that night in 1946, a rabble-rousing, unfrocked Roman Catholic priest named Arthur Terminiello (since reinstated) was making a speech. On the platform with Terminiello was his soapbox bullyboy pal, Gerald L. K. Smith. Terminiello incited his audience with a fascist line of invective and bate. The mob outside hurled bricks, stink bombs, bottles and ice picks-through the windows and tried to break in the doors. Chicago police were just barely able to hold them in check and prevent a full-scale battle...
...present fight started with the Key West conferences on unifying the armed forces at the beginning of last fall, when the Joint Chiefs of Staff hashed out the wartime tasks of their respective services. The major argument centered around strategic bombing--including the employment of the atomic bomb--with the Navy disputing the Air Force's claim to sole jurisdiction. After considerable bargaining, instituted by the late Defense Secretary James Forrestal, the rival services compromised: the Air Force picked up a fat budget, the Navy the 65,000 ton aircraft carrier "United States." This decision, coupled with a pair...