Title: Rearming at the dawn of the Cold War
Description: Examines the last four years of the Truman administration and a succession of Secretaries of Defense who served during the Korean War: Louis Johnson, George Marshall, and Robert Lovett. These three Secretaries took divergent approaches to meeting their mandate from President Truman in an era of increasing foreign policy and national security challenges.
Subjects: History, Military policy, Foreign relations, United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, United States, National security
Places: United States
People: Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966), George C. Marshall (1880-1959), Robert A. Lovett (1895-1986)
Time periods: 20th century