Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Difference in Nuance. This is hardly a new policy. As long ago as the Open Door policy of the turn of the century, the U.S. conceived of its interest as the prevention of any one power's domination of Asia. Nor is it new even in terms of the...
No Hasty Return. The Muong Soui setback, combined with smaller Communist strikes at other government outposts, caused a crisis in Vientiane, 110 miles to the south. Although neither Vientiane nor Luang Prabang was endangered by the Communist thrust, some right-wing Laotian politicians called for direct U.S. intervention. Souvanna Phouma...
Like his earlier trip abroad, the newest expedition will be primarily a fact-finding effort. The chief concern, of course, will be Viet Nam (which he is not scheduled to visit) and the shape of post-war Asia. The President, said a White House official, "wants to begin to lay...
On to Moscow? The stopover in Bucharest may ultimately prove even more significant than the Asian swing. Rumania is a leading maverick in the Russians' European orbit. Nixon's visit, Washington believes, will symbolize the fact that the U.S. does not accept the "Brezhnev Doctrine," put forth by...
Soviet Defenders. However, most of the delegates vied with one another in justifying Soviet policies. The most ironic support for Moscow came from Czechoslovakia's Party Boss Gustav Husak, who succeeded the deposed reformer Alexander Dubcek. He said that Soviet military intervention served Czechoslovakia's best interests and...