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of Allied forces were not only the key to victory in Europe during World War Two, but carried over usefully to his second career as a civilian politician. Despite his military background, he believed in avoiding war and that the
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create the conditions for the peace, prosperity and economic growth that were the hallmark of the 1950s. The book suggests that the strategic talents
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