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Robert Abercrombie Lovett (September 14, 1895 – May 7, 1986) was an American politician who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Defense, having been promoted to this position from Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Robert Abercrombie Lovett (14 de septiembre de 1895 – 7 de mayo de 1986) fue un político de Estados Unidos que ocupó el cargo de Secretario de Defensa en la administración del presidente demócrata Harry Truman entre 1951 y 1953, periodo durante el cual tuvo que ocuparse de la guerra de Corea, el primer gran conflicto de la guerra fría.
Having served for one year as deputy secretary of defense under Marshall, Robert A. Lovett was thoroughly familiar with the duties and responsibilities of his new office when President...
Robert Abercrombie Lovett fue un político de Estados Unidos que ocupó el cargo de Secretario de Defensa en la administración del presidente demócrata Harry Truman entre 1951 y 1953, periodo durante el cual tuvo que ocuparse de la guerra de Corea, el primer gran conflicto de la guerra fría.
October 4, 1950–September 16, 1951. When General George C. Marshall became President Harry S. Truman’s third Secretary of Defense in September 1950, there was only one man he considered for his...
Robert A. Lovett. New York, New York. July 7, 1971. by Richard D. McKinzie and Theodore A. Wilson. LOVETT: I went then to the Department of State. I was ripped out of a pleasant day-to-day life to go down as his Under Secretary.
On Nov. 7, 1940, Maj. Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, welcomed Robert A. Lovett into the War Department. Arnold would later say Lovett, who became assistant secretary of war for air, was of “towering importance to our Air Force.”
