Word: retreatism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have the Soviet leaders changed? One view is that their new stance is purely tactical, aimed at encouraging other European lands, particularly West Germany, to take a neutral position beside Austria. But encouraging neutrality is a substantial retreat from the previous Soviet tactic of swallowing up and controlling satellites. As last week's pilgrimage to Belgrade demonstrated. Marshal Tito's current brand of "neutrality" is deplored by the Soviet Union. The prevailing view in high U.S. circles is that the Soviet leaders were forced to change because their previous policies stopped working...
Many of his friends say that Stevenson is worried about the possibility of going down in history as the man twice defeated by Eisenhower. This is understandable, but even such an eventuality would be nobler than retreat before imagined defeat. Probably there are other less selfish considerations. Because Adlai has way above average intelligence, he is not complacent. He is well aware of the immensity of the problems confronting a President. He doubts whether he or any man has sufficient ability to perform the function of Chief Executive. He thinks it is presumptuous for anyone to insist that...
...diluting its original decision. Only the requirement that each public school system display good faith in its efforts to bring segregation to a close, and the power given Federal courts to act against any school board obviously obstructing desegregation, keep the new ruling from being classed as an actual retreat. The new period of languid desegregation, the Court evidently feels, is better than certain tension and possible large-scale defiance of its order...
...Summit Conference is only a symbol that nations are willing to search for solutions by peaceful means. The moment that chiefs of state cease being symbols and start to encroach upon the responsibilities of professional diplomats, effective diplomacy breaks down. Alternatives become rigid platforms from which there is no retreat with honor. The normal process of give and take is impossible...
...Communist moves in Austria and Yugoslavia meant a considerable retreat from the old Soviet formula of swallowing up satellites and building an ever-expanding Communist front, a long way from 1948, when it was said that the Red army needed only shoes to march to the English Channel...