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...strategic commitment to Europe, and heedless of the fact that 400,000 G.I.s on the Continent are a permanent U.S. hostage to Europe's security. Yet neither France's embryonic force de frappe nor Britain's near-obsolete V-bomber strike force carries sufficient punch to deter, let alone defeat, an aggressor...
...cutting her off from us. I do not think the Castro regime will fall because of our economic pressure. On the contrary. I rather think that our policy strengthens the Castro regime by giving it a powerful Yanqui enemy. I do not think that our policy in Cuba will deter revolutionaries elsewhere in Latin America by its threat of sanctions. On the contrary, I think our policy only confirms their expectations...
...called Hughes' Men of a Europeans force freeing American for work at home "a rosy picture that seems a hit isolationist-tinged." No small European force could deter a Soviet attack, Halperin said...
Behind the scenes, the U.S. was exerting major efforts to contain the struggle. By recognizing Sallal's republican regime last month, Washington had delighted Egypt's Nasser and offended Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Now Washington hoped to deter Nasser and reassure Hussein and Saud by sending the U.S. destroyer Forrest Sherman on a "routine" visit to the Saudi seaport of Jidda-the hoary political device that hints of force. And, though it was laconically denied in Washington, sources in the Middle East insist that the U.S. has agreed to a Saudi request that antiaircraft batteries and radar-control...
...title is accurate, the selection intelligent, the reproduction good. There are 1,107 color plates. A brief introduction precedes each sheaf of drawings, which are grouped by nations. On price and weight (38 Ibs.), this set is the year's best snob value, but this need not deter nonsnobs; its artistic value is also high (see cut). The four volumes have the scope of a museum-though no museum exists in which so many master drawings can be seen on public display...