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Article: NO MISTAKES ARE LIKELY AS LONG AS SUPERPOWERS REMAIN ANTAGONISTS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 6, 1987
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CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Less than 21 years elapsed between Armistice Day, 1918, and
Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.
For more than 42 years since Germany and Japan surrendered in
1945 despite intense hostility and conflicts of interest and
principle and despite flagrant provocations, there has been no
third World War.
Peace is not preserved by the expression of good intentions,
either in press conferences or in ratified treaties sealed on
parchment. History teaches that peace is preserved when the parties
involved understand their mutual interest in its preservation which
outweighs any advantage that might be gained by war.
The United States and the Soviet Union have had that mutual
interest under ...