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The USSR quite sensibly backed off from nuclear war with the US over
Cuba--Khrushchev, unlike Kennedy, having more brains than testosterone. The
bet, not a crazy one, though wrong, in putting missiles in Cuba, was that
the US would respond sanely without
For all practical reasons, now may be worst than then
for ex-soviets and third-worlders simply because this
is a uni-polar world where there is no shelter from
those who practice the art of imperialism. Also,
Social welfare measurement that are based in some
measure on the Russell's paradox "at
01, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7682] Re: Soviet Union foreign policy
The USSR quite sensibly backed off from nuclear war with the US over
Cuba--Khrushchev, unlike Kennedy, having more brains than testosterone. The
bet, not a crazy one, though wrong, in putting missiles in Cuba, was that
the US
ationalist foreign policy.
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From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7682] Re: Soviet Union foreign policy
The USSR quite sensibly backed off from nuclear war with t
Whether the world, or the republics of the FSU, are better off with or
without the USSR is not an issue between Charles and myself--at least not
here. What we differ about is whether the foreign policy of the USSR was
self-interest, great power, and nationalistic, as I say, or was
very clearly in the USSR's national interest.
Barkley Rosser
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Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:05 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7682] Re: Soviet Union foreign policy
The USSR quite sensibly backed
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After the mid 20's, you can
get a lot further in predicting Soviet foreign policy using a straight line
national interest calculation than an ideological one.
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CB: How was almost going to nuclear war with the U.S. over Cuba in the Soviet narrow
national
The USSR quite sensibly backed off from nuclear war with the US over
Cuba--Khrushchev, unlike Kennedy, having more brains than testosterone. The
bet, not a crazy one, though wrong, in putting missiles in Cuba, was that
the US would respond sanely without postering. The assertion that the USSR
