Difference between revisions of "NSC-68"

From Wikispooks
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
Line 4: Line 4:
 
|image_width=380px
 
|image_width=380px
 
|type=policy paper
 
|type=policy paper
|perpetrators=US/National Security Council, US/Department/Defense, US/Department/State
+
|authors=US/National Security Council, US/Department/Defense, US/Department/State
 
|publication_date=April 14, 1950
 
|publication_date=April 14, 1950
 
|subjects=Cold War
 
|subjects=Cold War

Latest revision as of 00:21, 13 September 2024

Publication.png NSC-68 Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
NSC-68.gif
Typepolicy paper
Publication dateApril 14, 1950
Author(s) • US/National Security Council
• US/Department/Defense
• US/Department/State
SubjectsCold War

United States Objectives and Programs for National Security, better known as NSC 68, was top secret U.S. National Security Council (NSC) policy paper drafted by the Department of State and Department of Defense and presented to President Harry S. Truman on 7 April 1950. It was one of the most important American policy statements of the Cold War.

In the words of scholar Ernest R. May, NSC 68 "provided the blueprint for the militarization of the Cold War from 1950 to the collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1990s." NSC 68 and its subsequent amplifications advocated a large expansion in the military budget of the United States, the development of a hydrogen bomb, and increased military aid to allies of the United States. It made the rollback of global Communist expansion a high priority and rejected the alternative policies of détente and containment of the Soviet Union.[1]


 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Sins of Statecraft - The War on Terror Exposedpaper29 July 2006Brian Bogart
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References