>But war also happens over important things. The USSR really did have a different political and economic system. Which was a criticism of the book at the time.

>But war also happens over important things. The USSR really did have a different political and economic system. Which was a criticism of the book at the time. Moral equivalence between the US and USSR owas common on the left. If you weren't on the left, the book looked like yet another helping of the same thing, except this one aimed at children.