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What a dumb comment. France was at no risk whatsoever from the Soviet Union.
by james1071 13y ago
What a dumb comment. France was at no risk whatsoever from the Soviet Union.
- dctoedt 13y ago> France was at no risk whatsoever from the Soviet Union. That's not the way it appeared at the time. Up until the mid-to late 1960s, it was entirely rational for Western leaders to conclude that the USSR wanted eventually to dominate all of Europe and even the Western Hemisphere. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War#Beginnings_of_the_Cold_War_.281947.E2.80.9353.29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War#Beginnings_of_the_Cold...
- usrusr 13y ago> That's not the way it appeared at the time. But how much of that appearance came in form of various gaps that were essentially paranioa turned into a marketing hoax for the weapons industry?
- jessedhillon 13y agoYes. This comment is much smarter and better informed. I mean, it's not like you had things like this happening during that time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring