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Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His Name
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Article | The Nation
World / Senator J. William Fulbright Is Remembered Today Primarily for the Scholarship Program That Bears His Name But a broader look at Fulbright’s legacy reveals him as one of the most prescient critics of militarism and the “imperial presidency”—lessons that apply more than ever today.
Its architect, Senator J. William Fulbright, was one of the 20th century’s most incisive critics of American militarism.
In the aftermath of World War II, Senator Fulbright introduced Senate Bill 1440 in order to establish an international educational exchange program as a form of peace-building and grassroots diplomacy.
His critique also extended beyond foreign policy to the underlying structures of political economy.
For Fulbright, weapons do not strengthen a society—nor its national security—in the way investments in the public sector do.