Overview: Post WWII to 1980

Understanding our current circumstance of governance and politics in America requires a historical view of the path that was taken to get us to the current moment. This approach takes a genealogical look at the near antecedents helped produce our current circumstances. We will start our quick genealogy at the end of WWII, roughly covering the years 1947-1980.

Unlike our past wars there was no complete demobilization of the military after WWII. Communist expansion, the “Iron Curtain,” the continued development of atomic and hydrogen bombs and sophisticated weapons, required both military spending and military-industrial-scientific partnerships. In 1947, President Truman wanted to provide substantial money to assist Greece and Turkey fight a possible communist takeover.… Read the rest