371 | Evan Thomas: The Atomic Bomb's Legacy in a Disordered World
The Realignment
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The Importance of Idealism in American Foreign Policy
At its best, American foreign policy balances idealism and realism together. Henry Stimson is somebody most your listeners have never heard of was the Secretary of War in 1945. He kept a diary every day, and he would refer to the,. you know, the bomb as S one. It's code code name of the bomb is S one. And so it becomes necessary, necessary for the United States to use these terrible weapons.
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