The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made: Acheson, Bohlen,... Quiz

Walter Isaacson

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who does Isaacson report to have committed the U.S. to active ground war in Korea? (from Chapter 16-17)

General Douglas MacArthur.

President Truman.

The U.S. Congress.

Dean Acheson.

2.

According to Isaacson, why did did George Kennan oppose the development of more powerful nuclear weapons? (from Chapter 16-17)

Kennan felt that communism was unsustainable especially when its systems were attempting to build empires.

Kennan believed that confronting the Soviets with conventional forces would avoid nuclear annihilation.

Because Kennan felt the Soviets were paranoid and a bigger bomb would make them more dangerous.

Kennan believed the confrontation with communism was a social battle, not military.

3.

What concern does Isaacson claim motivated Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to encourage America's financial support for Greece? (from Chapters 13-14)

That an economic collapse in Greece would be widely seen as a failure of market systems.

That an economic collapse in Greece would lead to a general economic collapse throughout Europe.

That an economic collapse in Greece would expose the weakness of America's "dollar diplomacy."

A possible takeover of Greece by communists as a result of a civil war.

4.

What does Isaacson claim to be the reason that Harriman and Dean Acheson supported making post-war loans to the Soviets? (from Chapter 8)

Both saw the loans as a means of gaining bargaining leverage with the Kremlin.

Both considered loans to be a show of good faith that the U.S. was willing to work with the Soviets in spite of ideological differences.

Both realized that the Soviet economy was unproductive and felt that loans could nudge the Soviets to a market economy.

Both considered that the friendship of the Soviets could be bought.

5.

Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in a cable to President Truman? (from Chapters 9-10)

Henry Stimson.

Winston Churchill.

John McCloy.

George Kennan.

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