2) Did not George Kennan in his original anonymous
article on containment raise the possibility of an eventual
evolution of the Soviet system as a response?
IIRC, yes. And that was one reason that the policy was originally
supposed to be one of "containment" and not of "confrontation."
The funny
thing is that the USSR did indeed surpass the US
in all of those, but
Barkley Rosser
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Sure, the CIA estimates were more or less OK, if wrong, given what was
known. Although the perestroichiki, especially Aganbegyan and Zaslavsakaya
in Siberia, knew better earlier. But my point was just that no one expected
collapse, including the CIA; so no one expected total and overwhelming
Brad, I have thought more about this stuff than you ever will, and know more
about it that you can imagine. Tito was not "allowed" to develop by the US
in 1948; the Yugosolavs were supposed to be handed over to Stalin under the
terms of Yalta, but made clear that they would not go,a nd that
Again, the same sorts of accusations about who has done the most/best thinking.
Cheryl Payer, in her book on the World Bank, does a good job of the showing that
the U.S. thought that the success of Yugoslavia would undermine Stalin, and so
it attempted to promote worker self-management in
Again, the same sorts of accusations about who has done the
most/best thinking.
Cheryl Payer, in her book on the World Bank, does a good job of the
showing that
the U.S. thought that the success of Yugoslavia would undermine Stalin, and so
it attempted to promote worker self-management in
Sure, or anyway, maybe, but thsi was after Tito had made it clear that he
was not going to go quietly into that good night, as originally agreed by
Staklin and Churchill. --jks
Again, the same sorts of accusations about who has done the most/best
thinking.
Cheryl Payer, in her book on the
Brad, you need to learn to read. Apparently being a big shot at Berkeley
doesn't guarantee that you can can. I never said what you attribute to me. I
didn't comment on the wisdom or lack of of LBJ's decision. I did say that
that the evidence Brad himself cited shwos is that Brezhnev asked the
