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In 1950, President Harry S. Truman sent out for an assessment of the world situation. His National Security Council came back with the top secret NSC-68, an extremely important document of the Cold War that prescribes messianic Americanism (backed with a lot of military might!) as the antidote to the Bolshevik plague looking to infect the world. The fate of civilization is at hand!
This document covers a lot of themes we’ll see throughout the Cold War, namely the idea of peace through strength. This is a relic worth reading and I hope you’ll take the time to read through it. Find it here
I point out a few of my observations. One of the most notable is how the Soviets are portrayed as inhuman in the sense that there’s no names of individuals mentioned and no consideration of any geopolitical aims beyond complete domination of the world. It kind of reminds me of the 1950’s sci-fi films that use martians/aliens as stand-ins for the commies. Enjoy!
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