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deter the USSR, manage the escalation of tensions, and advance US foreign policy. The first of NSC-68's useful elements is that it focused US efforts. Strategies require. enemies, and NSC-68 cast the Soviet Union and the United States in irreconcilable terms.34F 35 NSC-.
NSC 68 was instigated by President Truman, who was interested in revisiting national security strategy in the face of new developments in the Soviet Union’s nu-clear capability. Truman asked the State and Defense Departments to examine the current military and se-curity situation and report back to him. A study group
• NSC-68/3, the revised ,analysis of programs and costs called for in NSC-68/2 • NSC-68/4, Truman's approval of NSC-68/3 as the basis of a four-year military and security program buildup ° Presidential Proclamation 2914 of 16 December 1950 (just two days after signing NSC-68/4) announcing a state of national emergency requiring the defense buildup called for by NSC-68.
NSC 68 (largely the work of Secretary of State Dean Acheson) April 1950 Within the past thirty-five years the world has experienced two global wars of tremendous violence. It has witnessed two revolutions . . . of extreme scope and intensity. It has also seen the collapse of five empires . . . and the drastic decline of
1. Jan. 2013 · Abstract. This article revisits the creation of NSC 68, a landmark in Cold War history, in the light of continuing historical debates and with the assistance of archival material recently made available. The article reviews the historiography of NSC 68, including controversies over the language adopted, together with recent writings that stress a broader political economy analysis of U.S ...
1 State and Defense: NSC-68: A Report to the National Security Council Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 1975
Finally, the fourth exercise challenges students to recommend specific actions to implement the policies of NSC 68. The student version of this lesson, an interactive PDF, includes all of the above, except the responses to the close reading questions and the follow-up assignment.
