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...attrition" strategy rather than preparing for a war of maneuver; of training officers in the techniques of bureaucratic management rather than the history and art of warfare. Their central point: the Pentagon can spend every dollar the Government can tax, borrow or print, and still lose battles with the Soviets???or even the Iraqis?unless it changes its ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arming for the '80s | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

...just as impossible to restore the balmy era of U.S.-Soviet detente that marked the early 1970s. Detente has actually been disintegrating for five years, with the U.S. bearing a fair share of the responsibility. In addition, the zigzags of the Carter Administration unquestionably have confused and worried the Soviets???from the toughness of the first Cyrus Vance SALT proposals in 1977, and Carter's outspoken human rights

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Opinion of the Russians Has Changed Most Drastically... | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

...Caribbean. And how could the U.S. claim to be able to monitor weapons development deep inside the Soviet Union when it could get caught by surprise by a Soviet combat brigade 90 miles from Florida? Suddenly and improbably, what should have been a minor diplomatic squabble with the Soviets???one that could have been handled quietly and with minimum strain?had escalated into a major domestic political issue, strained U.S.-Soviet relations and endangered SALT II. Gloated Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson, an avowed SALT foe: "Unless I have misread the mood of my colleagues, SALT II is dead unless those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Storm over Cuba | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...SCIENTIST AMONG THE SOVIETS??? Julian Huxley?Harper ($1.75). Test-tubing Communism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Wine in Old Tanks | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

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