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...people" section is eternal. As long as there are people and intrigue, one E, Graydon Carter will continue to extoll the elite stars among us. And i will continue to flip directly to this section, no matter how many governments get overthrown. Joseph Stalin...
...misunderstandings. Because a new Soviet leader is, almost by definition, an unknown quantity, he is seen through hopeful Western eyes as a possible friend, or at least something less than an unblinking enemy. And so, now that Yuri Andropov has become only the fourth new Soviet leader since Joseph Stalin died at the height of the cold war, an irrepressible question is echoing around Washington: Might there be some chance of toning down the bitter hostility between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? The answer, as far as it could be deduced at the end of a week of busy diplomatic...
...follows the lead of his predecessors, Andropov may also go after a post in the government. Brezhnev assumed the job of President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1977, thus becoming titular head of state. Both Stalin and Khrushchev held the post of Premier or Chairman of the Council of Ministers...
That proved another futile hope. In the next decade, Roosevelt and his advisers came to realize that they were dealing with a political system that was not only deeply repugnant to Western values but virtually impervious to Western attempts to change it. Nevertheless, compared with Nazi Germany, "Uncle Joe" Stalin's Russia seemed by far the lesser of two evils. "I can't take Communism, nor can you," said Roosevelt to Ambassador Joseph Davies in 1941. "But to cross this bridge [i.e., beat Hitler], I would hold hands with the devil...
...fallen in Iran. Taraki's policies seemed certain to ensure there would also be a massive Muslim insurrection in Afghanistan. Taraki's response was to slaughter any opposition within his reach. Moscow tried to persuade him that this was a recipe for disaster, he should not repeat Stalin's errors. Taraki told Moscow to mind its own business...