Dean Acheson

NSC-68 Directive Creates Permanent Military-Industrial Establishment - Defense Spending to Triple

1950-04-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Harry S. Truman received National Security Council directive NSC-68, a 66-page top-secret policy paper that would fundamentally transform American defense policy by calling for “full mobilization of the U.S. economy during peacetime”—an unprecedented measure that created the …

Harry S. Truman Paul Nitze Dean Acheson George Kennan Louis Johnson military-spending defense-policy cold-war permanent-war-economy institutional-capture

Truman Doctrine Announces $400 Million Military Aid Package - Cold War Containment Policy Begins

1947-03-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Harry S. Truman addresses a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, requesting $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey, establishing what becomes known as the Truman Doctrine. The speech marks a fundamental shift in American foreign policy from …

Harry S. Truman U.S. Congress George F. Kennan Dean Acheson cold-war military-aid containment foreign-policy military-industrial-complex