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Eisenhower supported Bohlen with the full prestige of the presidency. “The reason I sent his name to the Senate, and the reason it stays there, is because I believe he is the best qualified man for the job,”

The political climate in Washington changed, and the British were quick to take advantage. Whereas Truman and Acheson had discouraged intervention in Iran, Eisenhower and Dulles proved receptive, particularly if the issue was framed in terms of anti-Communism.

if I conducted a mock interview with a fictional head of a foreign sovereign creditor of the US using the Socratic method.

policies.

Bill Clinton was moderating this panel. On it were Mauricio Macri, a former businessman who had defeated Argentina’s

When generals in Europe were disappointed in decisions made at SHAEF, they usually blamed Bedell rather than Ike. So, too, in Washington. Politicians of both parties focused their ire on Sherman Adams when their requests were denied by the White House.

It is too soon to say when or how this era will end or what will succeed it. But what is clear is that a good many of the trends are worrisome. If, for example, a Sino-American cold war materializes, it is quite possible this era may come to be known as the inter–Cold War era, one bookended by the U.S.-Soviet Cold War and one between the United Sta