The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke In The World - Plot & Excerpts
Some of them have been called neoconservatives, but they have now become, in fact, “the new pessimists”—although they would presumably resist the description. The new pessimists tend to see their worst fears about the decline of American power coming true. Many of them predicted that if the United States abandoned its commitments to the South Vietnamese government of Nguyen Van Thieu, it would mark the end of American leadership in the world. In the congressional votes on such issues as Turkish aid and Angola, they find grim evidence that they were right. In the assaults and revelations of the press—including for some even Watergate—they see signs of the collapse of essential authority. In the growth of Soviet military power, they see the greatest imaginable threat to America’s survival. A remarkable example of this sort of thinking was Norman Podhoretz’ lead article in the April issue of Commentary, which he edits, dramatically titled, “Making the World Safe for Communism.”
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