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Pastimes : Rage Against the Machine
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To: Thomas M. who wrote (770)3/31/2003 2:26:26 PM
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In a careful analysis based on the now rich documentary record, Melvyn Leffler concludes that "In fact, the Soviet pattern of adherence [to Yalta, Potsdam, and other wartime agreements] was not qualitatively different from the American pattern."

Chomsky - Culture of Terrorism - p.131

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More on that topic from Year 501 :

<<< Western planners "did not expect and were not worried about Soviet aggression," Leffler writes, summarizing a well-established scholarly consensus ... Preparing for the April meeting, US policymakers "became convinced that the Soviets might really be interested in striking a deal, unifying Germany, and ending the division of Europe." This was regarded not as an opportunity, but as a threat to the "primary national security goal": "to harness Germany's economic and military potential for the Atlantic community" -- and to block "the suicide of neutralism."

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