PART
I
THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION
Do not be deceived by the strong face, the look of monolithic power that the Communist dictators wear before the outside world. Remember that their power has no basis in consent.
—HARRY S. TRUMAN
The course we have chosen … involves building military strength, but it requires no less the buttressing of all other forms of power—economic, political, social, and moral.
—DEAN ACHESON