Nsc-68 Analysis

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Between 1950 and 2001 two major documents would be put into place to better the United States. The first document was the National Security Council Paper 68 (NSC-68) and the other the Patriot Act. Both similar in some ways, but also very different they both play an important role in the shaping of America. What are these two documents, and how do they help? The National Security Council Paper 68, or NSC-68, would first introduced in the 1950’s. This document was handed to President Harry S Truman. Truman had requested the document to reevaluate and review of America’s Cold War diplomacy strategy. In result a group of members from the Defense Department, the State Department, the CIA, and other agencies they were able to create the NSC-68.