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...belief in the triumph of democracy. A group of former Crimson editors contributed their thoughts on the state of the world. That same arrangement was closely paralleled in an issue, a few months later, when a group of Harvard Faculty members presented their views of the war and the post-war world. This was the last issue of the regular paper until almost a year after the war was over...
...personality. Film biographies always show their subject in conflict with some external foe like the Boers or Lord Salisbury, but never in conflict with themselves. But to a Churchill freak like myself, any kind of visual stimuli is welcome which recalls a man whose abilities would put any post-war American politician to shame, particularly the current resident of the White House who is fond of comparing himself to Churchill when he isn't calling Nguyen Van Thieu the Churchill the Churchill of Asia...
WEST EUROPEAN STUDIES SEMINAR on post-war Scandinavian film presents Torment, written by Ingmar Bergman (his first film), directed by Alf Sjeberg. Thurs., WINTHROP HOUSE DINING HALL, 8 p.m., and Fri., LENMAN HALL...
KENNAN SOUGHT POWER. He wanted his advice accepted. But he had no partisan aims and detested competitive, less knowledgeable, contributors to American foreign policy--especially the Congress. Certainly his ambition has been anything but unique among post-war Intellectuals. What surprises is that he felt so completely frustrated. The success of a Kissinger or a Rostow contrasts markedly with Kennan's failure. But to explain the different outcomes in terms of personality begs the question. Kennan's failure was rooted in an institutional bias in favor of a Cold War mentality which could not appreciate the subtleties of Kennan...
First, Norway's establishment--the Social Democratic organized labor, industrial, business and civil service figures who have governed and administered Norway well for the entire post-war era--grossly over-rated its capacity to draw the electorate behind...