[Fwd: Ceremonies of Innocence, or, a Secret Affinity with theLynchers]

[William S. Lear]

On Thursday, December 9, 1999 at 16:42:05 (-0800) Brad De Long writes:
>                                   .... Truman's view was that the 
>U.S. had to spend a fortune on the military so we could fight a 
>conventional war in Europe against an aggressive Soviet Union. ...

Wassn't it "Truman's view" that the post-war domestic market was not
sufficient to support the needs of the aircraft industry, and
therefore a war scare had to be engineered to justify a military
buildup?

Bill