Vatican Detente
In the recent Italian elections, the Communists established themselves as the leading political party in Italy’s eight largest cities: Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Genoa, Florence, Venice, and Bologna.…
Category: Communism
Policy Toward Castro
The way I read the election returns of November 1972, George McGovern was decisively defeated. He carried only one out of 50 states. It is a puzzlement, therefore,…
The Lessons of Vietnam — June 1975
Phu Quoc Refugees
When the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Agreement of 1954 cut Vietnam in half, one million Roman Catholics. in North Vietnam fled to…
Corrupt Dictators
Former Vice President Ky of Vietnam, a has-been politician who hasn’t been important for years even in his own country, dominated the American newscasts one day recently by…
Vietnam Investigation
Many Americans are so emotionally exhausted by the tragic news of the Vietnam debacle that it is easy to accept the request of President Ford not to “engage…
Kennedy Assassination
The Warren Commission appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the assassination of President John Kennedy, spent ten months working on its assignment, heard the testimony of 552…
Cambodia
On April 1, Vietnam’s Ambassador to the United States said sadly: “Probably it is safer to be an ally of the Communists, and it is fatal to be…
Creeping Socialism?
During the Roosevelt and Truman years, Republican candidates used to hold forth on a subject called “Creeping Socialism.” This was defined as the growth of big government, with…
Portugal
One of the time-tested strategies for winning any battle - military, political, or athletic – is the doctrine of diversion. The quarterback fakes a pass to the right,…