The National Security Act Turns 70

William Inboden | Jul 26, 2017

Prof. Inboden writes “the National Security Act sat athwart the traumas of the past and the growing threats of the future. Drawing on recent experience, it attempted to incorporate the hard lessons of World War II into America’s emerging foreign and defense policy institutions…Looking forward, the act attempted to equip the United States to integrate its newfound diplomatic, military, and economic power in waging the Cold War in all of its dimensions, from the ideological, to the financial, to the military.” 

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