What If The Berlin Blockade Had Been Smashed
Reflection on alternate history the Berlin blockade 1947 and a hypothetical forceful unsealing of East Berlin in 1961. It contrasts US resolve with Soviet actions and notes the 1960s lessons shaping current rhetoric toward the USSR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gunter Grass
Tim Drum
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
East Germany
East
West Berlin
Critics Debate U S Aid and El Salvador Policy
The piece argues that U S support to El Salvador under President Duarte combines military and political strategies including land reform and elections. It counters claims that arms aid alone blocks a political settlement and notes most U S aid is economic. It warns against Marxist insurgents backed by Cuba and the Soviet bloc and stresses the need for a political solution alongside security.
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Reagan
el Salvador
Washington
Jose Napoleon Durate
U.S
Thomas O. Enders
inter-American Affairs
Washington World Affairs Council
Enders
Ted Kennedy
Cora Weiss
Bella Abzug
Cuba
The Only Freedom Quote From Woodrow Wilson
A Woodrow Wilson quotation from September 4, 1912, argues that government gains are limited when it assumes care of the people and declares true freedom lies in people taking care of the government.
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Woodrow Wilson
Tension in Life and Work Across Professions
Ashley Cooper argues air traffic controllers suffer life shortening stress while other workers face similar dangers from bus drivers to police and soldiers. The piece notes high tension at deadlines in journalism and questions who can handle pressure, concluding tension is in the eyes of the controller.
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Les
South Carolina
Greyhound
United States
Harry Truman
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George F. Will
Berlin Wall
Kennedy
Iron Curtain
Freedom
Germany
Europe
Paris
Kremlin
Korea
Vietnam
Dent
America
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Scott B. Hunter
A. B. Cubbedge
Sue S. Brown
Rodger Ragan
Sharye A Whisenant
Aiken Communications, Inc
Rutland Drive
5. C
Ashley Cooper
Army
Bradley
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Et al
Ronnie
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