Word: order
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This school of thought, Nixon maintained, "holds that the road to understanding with the Soviet Union and Communist China lies through a downgrading of our own alliances and what amounts to unilateral reduction of our arms in order to demonstrate our good faith." That, he said, is an "isolationist" view. The U.S., he insisted, cannot become "a dropout in assuming the responsibility for defending peace and freedom in the world." Neither, he added, can the U.S. go it alone. "We must revitalize our alliances, not abandon them," he declared. "We must rule out unilateral disarmament, because in the real world...
...debate, and they certainly should not be confused with "skeptics" who question U.S. policy. Responsible critics of the Administration advocate neither unilateral disarmament nor withdrawal from foreign alliances. They merely raise the questions of what are the proper tactics and what is the bearable cost of helping maintain world order...
...seems unlikely, the President at least put himself and his Administration on the record. Finally, looking abroad, Nixon wanted to convince Hanoi, Peking, Moscow and the Viet Cong that the U.S. has not been so enfeebled by doubt that it will accept any terms in the Paris negotiations in order to get out of Viet Nam. There was no mistaking the President's hard line; it remains to be seen whether he succeeded in impressing it upon the Communists...
...model were more attractive. Despite the Soviets' excellence in weaponry, space, aeronautics and many other scientific pursuits, they have failed to build either an effective, well-balanced economy or a pleasing life style. Soviet economic weakness is, in fact, a major reason that the Russians must use force in order to keep their grip on Eastern Europe. The Eastern European countries badly need outside aid in order to overhaul and modernize their industries. Since the Soviets cannot provide the aid without harming their own economic plans, the Eastern Europeans want to seek technical and financial assistance from the West. Fearing...
...Soviet instigation, a joint draft was drawn up by a committee of eight parties and submitted to a preparatory session attended by 65 parties in Budapest last February. Other parties offered some 300 amendments, at least 100 of which were incorporated in the text. In order to hold a conference at all, the Soviets had to scratch out the old claim, reaffirmed by the 1960 world conference, that they were the leaders of the world Communist movement. Further, they had to delete any critical reference to China or any wording that could be construed as approval of the invasion...