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Longlea and
the Cold War
In 1973, on the death of Lyndon Johnson, the Center was renamed The Lyndon B. Johnson Congressional Conference Center. And, in 1975, the Institute for American Strategy became the American Security Council Foundation (ASCF). Its mission was to sponsor research, holds conferences and seminars, and prepare media related to advocacy programs on U.S. foreign policy, national security, and economic issues. The ASC was to lobby on these issues and disseminate information in a non-partisan manner. The Communications Corporation of American (CCA), founded in 1971, handled ASC/ASCF's massive direct mailing operation. For almost 50 years, Fisher was at the helm of the ASC and ASCF. His son, Steve Fisher, ran the CCA.
Others soon dubbed Longlea the Cold War College. As a non-profit with a hawkish bent and non-partisan approach, its long-term strategy, unrelenting and uncompromising, was to bring down Communism wherever found, by fostering democratic principles backed by a strong economic, military preparedness, and defense program. This was a first class operation under Fisher. It was so slick it was even tfie envy of some on the Left.
This is not the place to discuss the ASC/ASCF. Information and opinion on both, pro and con, with some of it strident and acrimonious, reside on Internet. Suffice it to say that the organization was a significant force, particularly in the 1960-1980s period, in shaping the national security policy of the United States. Its strategy of "Peace Through Strength" was supported by members of the military-industrial community and defense-minded members of Congress from both sides of the aisle. It attracted like-minded scholars, students, policy makers, and citizens. It helped bring about the end of the Cold War.
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