Word: asia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...startlingly different world. Vast areas of the Northern Hemisphere were covered with ice. Across the ice-free parts of Europe and Asia, consisting largely of tundra and great treeless steppes, herds of mammoths, bison, reindeer and horses freely roamed. For long periods, winters were cruelly cold, and even in summertime the average temperature was 12° to 15° C (54° to 59° F.). Still, under these difficult conditions, during a period of 25,000 years before the dawn of civilization, the Ice Age Cro-Magnon people not only thrived, but created a surprisingly sophisticated culture that totally...
Brzezinski is clearly prepared to discuss all these matters. Accompanying him are top Asia experts from his National Security Council staff and the State Department, plus the NSC's security planning coordinator, Samuel Huntington; its science and technology specialist, Benjamin Huberman; and the Pentagon's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Morton Abramowitz. Despite the size of his entourage, which is certain to flatter his hosts, Brzezinski is not expecting concrete results. He told TIME: "This is not a tactical trip. It is designed to emphasize that our relationship with China is continuing and longterm, based...
...occasion that TIME's covers have gone on public display. The magazine has conducted a number of tours of its cover art, both in this country and overseas, and the U.S. International Communications Agency is now sponsoring a show that has appeared in Europe, the Middle East and Asia...
...countered mounting Soviet pressures on Turkey, for example, while in 1958 U.S. amphibious activity off Lebanon's coast bolstered a friendly government in Beirut. More recently, the rescue of the U.S. freighter Mayaguez in 1975 after its capture by Cambodian Communists demonstrated America's continuing interest in Southeast Asia. "Ships are easier to move about than are Army or land-based aircraft units," the Brookings report said. "Naval forces can remain near by but out of sight. Thus naval forces can be used more subtly to support foreign policy incentives?to underscore threats, or warnings, or promises or commitments?than...
Wednesday's Cambridge Forum at 3 Church St. will feature John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History Emeritus and former mentor of History 1711, "The United States and East Asia." Fairbank will discuss "Failure and Success: The Chinese Revolution...