Truman announced permanent postwar bases framed as protecting world peace

Evidence

Shortly before the war’s conclusion, President Harry Truman addressed the issue of postwar bases during the “Big Three” meeting in Potsdam, Germany. “Though the United States wants no profit or selfish advantage out of this war,” Truman declared, “we are going to maintain the military bases necessary for the complete protection of our interests and of world peace.” — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 82

Categorization

• XREF: Directly foreshadows the ideological framing — security and benevolence — that the book argues legitimized the base nation and masked harms.