In the fall of 1951, Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecticut surveyed a world in which the Soviet Union and the United States had become adversaries. Crises in Europe, Greece, Iran, China, and now Korea suggested that the Russians were intent on global expansion. To meet the threat, U.S. political leaders were prepared to spend enormous sums on conventional weapons. McMahon believed that would put the country on a road with no good exit.
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