Cultural Constraints Condition And Limit Our Choices,

The Speed With Which Armies Collapse, Bureaucracies Abdicate, And Social Structures Dissolve Once The Autocrat Is Removed Frequently Surprises American Policy Makers.

For All Their Faults, Right-wing Authoritarian Regimes More Easily Accept Democratic Reforms Than Left-wing Totalitarian States.

When The Soviet Union Walked Out Of Arms Control Negotiations, And Refused Even To Discuss The Issues, The San Francisco Democrats Didn't Blame Soviet Intransigence. They Blamed The United States.

And I Have No Doubt That The American People Generally Believe The World Is Safer, And That We Are Safer, When We Are Stronger

When The San Francisco Democrats Treat Foreign Affairs As An Afterthought, As They Did, They Behaved Less Like A Dove Or A Hawk Than Like An Ostrich - Convinced It Could Shut Out The World By Hiding Its Head In The Sand.