Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginnings of Viet Nam were clearly visible in the '50s, but Eisen hower seemed convinced that to fight a land war in Asia would be ruinous?though he later supported Johnson's policies. In retrospect, much of what was taken for clumsy bumbling was neither clumsy nor bumbling. "He knew when not to do something," says Political Scientist Harvey Wheeler, a fellow of California's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions...
...national interest, a shortage of moral courage and discipline." Political parties got short shrift: they "have hardly made a positive contribution; their existence is largely parasitical." He was harsh on Japan's role in the world. "Postwar Japan is not likely to assume political leadership in Asia, let alone of the world. Racially, ideologically and militarily, the present-day Japan is simply not equal to so grandiose a task." True or not, it was hardly the thing for an ambassador...
...large part of Eastern Europe can readily hear Peking's attempts to turn the East-bloc countries against their Soviet Big Brother. Meanwhile, even as the Chinese-controlled station denounces "the Soviet renegades" in eight Eastern European languages, the Russians are steadily building up their own presence throughout Asia, an area that China regards as its own sphere of influence...
China's efforts in Eastern Europe and those of Russia in Asia are part of a global Sino-Soviet competition that has gained new impetus and urgency because of the firefights on the Ussuri River border. Though the Soviets claim they have evacuated the disputed island in the Ussuri and have called for a negotiated settlement of the issue, the competition continues. The immediate aim of both sides is to recruit supporters for the world meeting of Communist parties, now scheduled for June 5 in Moscow. The long-range objective is to gain a strong foothold in the adversary...
...meeting's official session, in fact, lasted only two hours, the shortest on record. In the end, it produced only a declaration calling for a Europe-wide consultative meeting on "questions of security and cooperation," hardly a new point. Clearly, the East Europeans felt that the trouble in Asia was a problem for Peking and Moscow to settle between themselves...