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Make Oceans Not Continents U S Defense Line Hoover Says
Former President Herbert Hoover argued that America's defense must rely on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, not land invasions in Europe or Asia. He warned land war would ruin millions of American lives and exhaust Western civilization's Gibraltar. He urged arming Navy and Air Force, limiting large armies, and avoiding entanglements in Europe while stressing Western Europe must deploy massive combat divisions. Hoover spoke on Mutual and NBC broadcasts after Truman pledged more troops to Europe. His office cited thousands of requests for his assessment. he claimed Moscow could not be reached by Western power alone.
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