Whereas the principal aim of American nuclear policy during the Cold War was to deter a strong and aggressive Soviet Union, the nuclear risks we face today stem from Russian weakness.
| Sep 01, 1996
At this point, it is too early to tell whether to be optimistic or whether the only healthy response to our current domestic economic discontents will be to lower expectations. Perhaps books like The End of Affluence and The Good Life
What we have here is a book on literature, plus two or three pamphlets that contain much ranting, all barely held together in a bad case of intellectual sprawl.