operations, provided an ambitious global plan to counter communism at every turn, by any means. The Doolittle Report of October 1954 called for the CIA to become better organized and better managed precisely so it could also take on a bigger role in the cold war. The Killian Report of February 1955, infused with anxiety about the inability of the United States to predict or deter a surprise attack on the nation, called for a dramatic expansion of new weapons systems, new aircraft, new forms of radar and early detection, bigger and more secure air bases, more powerful bombs, and more aircraft
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