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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great opportunist, like all good soldiers, Rommel was ready to exploit any gain. And he was a gambler. If he were lucky and could crack Thala, he would have access to the Kremamsa Plateau, could pour troops onto that flatland, could drive against the flank of the British First Army which sprawled across the top of Tunisia. Then the whole Allied strategy in North Africa would have to be recast. This was the crisis when the weary young men braced themselves and Allied reinforcements rushed up to give them...
...Allies. . . ." In Detroit, Poet Carl Sandburg interrupted a Lincoln Day speech: "I'm sorry for anybody who talks of 'globaloney'. . . ." Eleanor Roosevelt could not resist. Said she: "Well, are we going to have a peaceful world or aren't we. All nations should have free access to the world's travel lanes...
Russia was as uncommunicative about her plans for postwar Europe as she was about military details. Common sense indicated that Russia, for her future security, will demand European concessions-possibly Petsamo in Finland, warm-water ports in the Baltic, a sphere of influence in the Balkans, access to the Black Sea straits. Common sense also indicated that, unless a general and open agreement is reached soon on joint postwar policies, the Allies' present comradeship-in-arms may turn into a barracks brawl. The first chairs were already being thrown by pro-Soviets and anti-Soviets in the Balkans...
...Vatican envoy he kept some of his social prestige (and was in a position to meet diplomatic representatives of enemy countries). He needed these cushions for his ego because the "change of guard" removed him from his position as heir apparent to the Italian dictatorship, and from his easy access to the public trough. Both the Italian people and their German overlords had reason to be pleased...
Explosive Idea. Agar argues that the "explosive idea" of America is equality-equality of opportunity, equality in access to civilization, equality in protection against the abuse of political and economic power. But neither the U.S. nor the rest of the world has ever completely achieved this equality. In the U.S., the status of the Negro and the poverty of the South constitute the worst violations of historic U.S. principles. In the rest of the world, racial discrimination and the poverty of backward countries indict the weakness of the white man's works...