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Article: Owen Lattimore and the "Loss" of China.
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 23, 1992
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IN 1950 Owen Lattimore was called the "top Soviet spy" in the United States by Joseph McCarthy, a senator who was building a career by finding "traitors" in the government. McCarthy was a rogue; at the peak of his success a lot of people in Washington knew he was a rogue and were not surprised when his defaming methods were later discredited. Yet he was believed. Millions of Americans were convinced that Senator joe had uncovered something rotten. The cold war had been declared and the opening battles were being fought. Stalin was still alive and the Russians could any day swallow the bit of Europe they did not already have. The previous war had its Quislings, its Lavals. ...
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