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==Cold War==

==Cold War==

Lippmann is accredited with popularizing the phrase "[[Cold War]]" to describe the breakdown of the [[World War II]] [[Allied Powers]] alliance and the growing post-war tensions. Although he officially opposed Communism<ref>The [[Jacob Golos|Golos spy ring]] used [[Mary Price]], his secretary, to garner information on items Lippmann chose not to write about or names of Lippmann's sources, often not carried in stories, but of use to the [[MGB]].</ref> he adopted a "realist" position in foreign policy in the 1940s and opposed idealistic goals such as [[Wilsonianism]]—even though he had been a leading advocate of idealism in 1917-1918. He was distrustful of globalism or excessive involvements around the world.  In the 1960s he was an articulate opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], saying it weakened America's ability to fight the true Soviet adversary.<ref>Fredrik Logevall, "First Among Critics: Walter Lippmann and the Vietnam War." ''Journal of American-East Asian Relations'' 1995 4 (4): 351-375.</ref> In addition, there has been evidence that it was less that he stopped supporting Communism so much as he stopped supporting the Soviet form of government due to Communism not taking root in America and the United Kingdom.<ref>https://www.liberalforum.org/topic/206566-who-is-the-founding-father-of-fake-news/</ref>

Lippmann is accredited with popularizing the phrase "[[Cold War]]" to describe the breakdown of the [[World War II]] [[Allied Powers]] alliance and the growing post-war tensions. Although he officially opposed Communism<ref>The [[Jacob Golos|Golos spy ring]] used [[Mary Price]], his secretary, to garner information on items Lippmann chose not to write about or names of Lippmann's sources, often not carried in stories, but of use to the [[MGB]].</ref> he adopted a "realist" position in foreign policy in the 1940s and opposed idealistic goals such as [[Wilsonianism]]—even though he had been a leading advocate of idealism in 1917-1918. He was distrustful of globalism or excessive involvements around the world.  In the 1960s he was an articulate opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], saying it weakened America's ability to fight the true Soviet adversary.<ref>Fredrik Logevall, "First Among Critics: Walter Lippmann and the Vietnam War." ''Journal of American-East Asian Relations'' 1995 4 (4): 351-375.</ref> In addition, there has been evidence that it was less that he stopped supporting Communism so much as he stopped supporting the Soviet form of government due to Communism not taking root in America and the United Kingdom.<ref>https://www.liberalforum.org/topic/206566-who-is-the-founding-father-of-fake-news/</ref> He also played a role in the formation of the [[Great Society]] program, including advising [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] on its creation via phone calls as early as 1963,<ref>http://millercenter.org/presidentialrecordings/lbj-k6312.01-15</ref> and even writing a newspaper article titled the Principles of the Great Society,<ref>http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19650112&id=CSERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MooDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5911,695022</ref> which suggested he never truly gave up on socialism or became conservative.

==Conservatism==

==Conservatism==

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