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...authors of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals accepted the existing distribution of power in the world, and then sought in that necessity the virtue of peace...
...American people are also in favor of maintaining, for many years, a naval and military establishment at least as powerful as that of any other nation. Only if these two propositions are put together is it possible to talk sensibly and honestly about the Dumbarton Oaks proposals...
Assumption of Power. In the light of these principles, what do the Dumbarton Oaks proposals...
Finally, it is not really a plan for collective security. The Dumbarton Oaks proposals are a carefully, though not very bravely, calculated attempt to avoid, or at least postpone, the next war. They are an effort to perpetuate the power balance that will exist as a result of this war. The maintenance of the Big Three coalition is their basic assumption...
Three Merits. The plan has three considerable merits. The first is that any great power-and particularly the U.S.-can join it without sacrificing any important freedom of action or jeopardizing such security as it may create for itself. A second merit of Dumbarton Oaks is that it sets up machinery of continuous international consultation. The third merit is that the Assembly and (to a lesser extent) the world court are provided with great opportunities, though little power. Through the cumulative force of wise recommendations and the backing of public opinion, the organization and its agencies may gradually influence national...