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...American intervention nor prevent an extension of the conflict. Such an anti-war posture directly contradicts support for the National Liberation Front, which is fighting to eliminate American influence in Indochina. A winning antiwar strategy must be based on the conviction that the attempt to create an American sphere of influence in Vietnam has proven gravely injurious, not only to the Vietnamese, but also to the majority of Americans who have paid for or died in a war imposed on them by their government...
Though Brezhnev seems to have taken a firm hold on his country's economy, long Kosygin's sphere, his precise course of action may not become readily discernible until the 24th Party Congress convenes, probably in November. At that time, the next Five-Year Plan will be unveiled. An official of the State Planning Commission has indicated that the plan will probably call for an annual growth rate of 7% to 8%, place heavier emphasis on consumer production, seek some outside capital investment a la Ford and urge the rapid development of natural resources in Siberia...
...years and claim 12 million Russian lives. Wilson's own decision to enter the civil war at a time when American troops were already committed to stopping a massive German offensive on the Western front, was dramatic proof of American determination to eliminate the Bolshevik alternative to their expanding sphere of influence in the East...
...might be well to leave Japan unfettered to use its ability to supply the needs of the old "co-prosperity sphere" nations. American dominance in Asia is diminishing, and President Nixon's declaration at Guam portends the phasing out of deep involvement by the U.S. here. To lead in Asia again won't be a strange role for Japan, and the Japanese trader with his attache case might still furnish the ultimate victory where kamikaze pilots hit a blank wall...
...also more successful?descendant of two other Japanese prototypes. One was the swashbuckling wako, or warrior-trader, who began plundering Asia as early as the 14th century. The second was the soldier-bureaucrat who went to war a generation ago to develop a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere," stretching from Manchuria to Burma. His slogan was "Asia for the Asiatics," but his purpose was really to furnish Japan's factories not only with raw materials but also with vast markets for their goods. Today the Japanese have come closer to establishing an informal Co-Prosperity Sphere than ever before...