In Ukraine, Biden must relearn Truman’s lessons from the cold war
America once again seeks to curb Russia and China without blowing up the world
JOE BIDEN entered the White House last year styling himself on Franklin Roosevelt. The better model today might be Harry Truman. His words to Congress 75 years ago this month—“It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”—girded America for the cold war. Those words have a new resonance as Ukraine, helped by the West, battles to resist Russia’s month-old invasion.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Ukraine and the lessons of the cold war”
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