Word: polarises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But it is also true, said McNamara, that "Soviet resources, industry and technology have given that country the potential to challenge the primacy of U.S. military power." The Russians are now pursuing that aim, he reported, mainly by making their nuclear striking forces harder for the U.S. to knock out...
Was there really a deal? No. The two events have really no connection. The Khrushchev offer, while proof of his continued mellowing, is negligible; any test ban would depend on conditions virtually impossible to fulfill now. As for the removal of American missile installations from Turkey and Italy, its purpose...
Solid v Liquid. Months before Khrushchev suggested his Cuba-for-Turkey swap, the Joint Chiefs had begun considering the phase-out of bases in Turkey, Italy, and in England as well. The dismantling of the 60 Thor missiles in Britain is to begin this spring. More than compensating for their...
No statesman of this century has been more successful than Charles de Gaulle at infuriating his friends and delighting his enemies. Last week le grand Charles did it again, throwing the Common Market negotiations into confusion, blackballing Britain's bid for membership, and disdainfully rejecting the U.S. offer of...
The U.S., which badly wants De Gaulle to restore to NATO command the troops and ships that he has pulled out of the alliance, plainly hoped that the potent, durable Polaris might prove an alluring offer. After a flying trip to Palm Beach for consultation with Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador Charles...