Word: spykman
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Spykman accepts the fact "that there will always be conflict, and that war will remain a necessary instrument in the preservation of a balance of power...
Professor Spykman believes that a world federation is "still far off," and feels that "this is perhaps just as well. . . . Diplomacy would become lobbying and log rolling, and international wars would be come civil wars and insurrections, but man would continue to fight for what he thought worth-while and violence would not disappear from the earth." But his main objection to theories for the future is that "they provide very little guidance for the practical problems which will face the United States on the day of the armistice." On that day, he says, "there will be neither world state...
Quarter-sphere defense may be feasible from a military viewpoint. Economically, Professor Spykman believes that it is hopeless "without the tin and the tungsten of Bolivia, the copper of Chile and the tungsten, wool and tanning products of the Argentine, our war industries would be seriously crippled even if we could produce in northern Brazil the materials -which now come from the tropical zones of Asia and Africa...
From these dark facts Professor Spykman draws a drastic conclusion: "Hemisphere defense is no defense at all. The Second World War will be lost or won in Europe and Asia...
Post-War. Equally astringent are Spykman's remarks about the post-war world. "In the first world conflict of the 20th Century," he observes, "the United States won the war, but lost the peace. If this mistake is to be avoided, it must be remembered, once and for all, that the end of a war is not the end of the power struggle. . . . The interest of the United States demands not only victory in the war, but also continued participation in the peace...