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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lchic - 04:52pm Jun 6, 2003 EST (# 12360 of 12370)
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Thus, while Eisenhower hewed closely to the broad outlines of the strategic plan he had enunciated before D-Day, he had no objection to deviations at the tactical level.

- His most enduring contribution was developing a sense of partnership and self-confidence among the NATO member nations. Europeans found that they could trust a man who conspicuously shared their desire for peace. Eisenhower believed that his NATO command was unique. It was the first time, as he later commented, that a multinational army was created "to preserve the peace and not to wage war."

- Eisenhower dedicated himself to the cause of peace and sought the national good as he conceived it during eight years in the White House. He won the trust and confidence of the common man, both in the United States and abroad, and personified the goodwill and altruism of American policy in his era. As soldier and as statesman, duty came first. Perhaps the best characterization of the man comes from his own words in a speech he delivered in June 1945, to acknowledge being awarded the Freedom of the City of London. "Humility," he said, "must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends."

lchic - 04:59pm Jun 6, 2003 EST (# 12361 of 12370)
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PSAC - The Papers of the President's Science Advisory Committee, 1957-1961 microfilmed

http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=2643&inst_id=21

lchic - 05:00pm Jun 6, 2003 EST (# 12362 of 12370)
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lchic - 05:08pm Jun 6, 2003 EST (# 12363 of 12370)
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Historical Documentary Editions

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