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Reischauer, however, was less pessimistic on this point. "The Chinese Communists," he said, "are striving to create a strong China and are unlikely to run the cost of getting involved in Korea. Perhaps Moscow could force Mac's entry, but that will only occur if Russia is ready for ...
...father of two veterans of the last war ... I would like to inquire . . . just when our "leaders" will find it politically feasible to buckle down to the serious business of what promises to be an ...
...open Chinese invasion (it would be a death blow to the Communist pretense of fighting for the national independence of Asia's people), and the fact that in the near future the native Reds alone can scarcely hope to overrun the French, make the odds slightly against an all-out attack this fall. But only slightly: the Red radio is still talking blithely of the coming "general offensive...
...Ordnance Department has also established a new pattern of industrial mobilization. It has divided the U.S. into five areas, each designed to develop its own independent tank production system in case of all-out mobilization. Such decentralization, the department believes, will not only have strategic advantages, but will distribute the economic load of mobilization evenly throughout the country, and help prevent large-scale migration of skilled labor to a few industrial centers...
...shooting was in Asia, and Asia was a long way from Europe. But Western Europe still embodied a frightening truth: if the Russians choose to risk all-out war with the U.S., they can roll through Western Europe like a color guard crossing a parade ground. With Mao's Chinese armies to protect their rear, the Russians could throw the better part of their 175 divisions,* 25,000 tanks and 19,000 warplanes into a sweep to the Atlantic...