Word: weaknessness
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The book's greatest weakness comes in its limited attention to the role of ideology in Soviet military policy--an issue which, though perhaps is outside the work's scope, is impossible to divorce from any discussion of nuclear arms. Holloway, like many American officials, seems undecided on how much...
If there was ever a time when the French looked for a display of leadership, it was last week as President Francois Mitterrand addressed the country to explain the painful consequences of the French franc's third devaluation in 22 months of Socialist government. Speaking on nationwide television, Mitterrand...
Finally, in 1981, the imbalance forced Falldin to compromise with the Social Democrats, who directly control the LO. He agreed to increase taxes in several areas. Rather than tolerate such weakness, the Conservatives left the coalition. Falldin resigned, and though other non-socialists succeeded him, the stage had been set...
All Democrats are talking New Ideas these days, but most are really peddling slightly modified wares with new labels. Hart, meanwhile, has specific solutions in mind--complex solutions, sometimes running to several pages and using many big words--but solutions nonetheless. One such proposal is the "military reform" movement. While...
But while aiming for liberal goals, Hart has insisted on thinking out the means himself. Traditional solutions, he argues, don't work because we aren't facing traditional problems. Hart's weakness among liberals has stemmed from a failure, until recently, to get this message across. He has been particularly...