Israeli-Egyptian Peace
Before we commit ourselves to station American technicians to guard the shaky Sinai peace between the Israeli and Egyptian armies, we should have a clear picture of why…
Category: Defense
Ford’s Legion Speech
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev must have gotten a big laugh about President Ford’s speech to the American Legion in which he warned that, if Brezhnev doesn’t hurry up…
Apollo-Soyuz
The ancient Roman emperors used circuses and games to divert the people from addressing themselves to the possibility of self-government. The last four American Presidents have given us…
Schlesinger’s Bluff
Any law enforcement officer will confirm that you should never point a gun at a criminal unless you are prepared to use it. Bluffing with weapons, loaded or…
The First Task of a Presidential Candidate — July 1975
Pitfalls of Personal Diplomacy
The psychological change that takes place in most men when they move into positions of great power is a phenomenon that has been commented on by philosophers through…
The Lessons of Vietnam — June 1975
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…
Why Vietnam?
The tragedy called the Vietnam War has run its course. The United States poured into it eight years of effort, the lives of 50,000 of our finest young…
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…