> 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

> 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...