Correspondence
"Correspondence" To the Editor: I was glad to receive the October issue. I had wondered where you were But I am tired of all this talk about queers Let's give it up. Ronald Sandford Indianapolis,...
...For it was at Tehran that the decision was finally made to launch a cross Channel assault against Hitler's Western Wall rather than drive from the Mediterranean into the Balkans and central Europe...
...The Russian leader even went so far as to link military alliance with a British acceptance of his territorial demand...
...Paul Whiting Chicago, Illinois To the Fxtitor: It was good to hear from you again...
...He has broken every one of the promises he made at Yalta...
...Stalin's sole reply was, "Tsar Alexander went to Paris...
...the authors frequently display keen wit and a facility for relating anecdotes...
...I had wondered where you were_9 But I am tired of all this talk about queers_9 Let's give it up...
...J. Tim Fennell The Alternative November 1973 27...
...The Semblance of Peace is an import a n t contribution to the literature on diplomatic history and international relations...
...Soviet intentions were manifested in the famous 1939 Non-Aggression Pact with Nazi Germany...
...The inclusion of more directly pertinent documents, such as the last correspondence between Roosevelt and Stalin, would have been more appropriate...
...The reviewer would note that the memory of Roosevelt's attitude may have been partially responsible for de Gaulle's troublesome policies in the early 1960s...
...On the one hand, they astutely observe that this development was inevitable after Tehran...
...Many of the documents, e.g., the ANZUS Treaty, while quite valuable for a student of the Cold War generally, are of limited relevance to the central concerns of the book...
...The American decision makers became increasingly alarmed over the evolving Soviet subjugation of Eastern Europe and the range of Soviet ambition: "The idealism about the postwar international relations...was beginning to crumble in the face of that outmoded concept, the sphere of influence...
...And in a 1948 note to Tito, Stalin wrote, "The reason why there is now no Communist government in Paris is because in the circumstance of 1945 the Soviet Army was not able to reach French soil...
...Nearly 150 pages of documents are reprinted, including the Yalta and Potsdam protocols...
...A very helpful chronology of events, index, useful bibliography, photographs, maps, and even political cartoons round out this prodigious work...
...If you continue to run reviews like Shulsky's, Vails', Howe's, Lynch's, and Luce's, ! will renew my subscription...
...Today, government influences the lives of the poor in so many pernicious ways, it is only just that government do something to alleviate the conditions of those who live in poverty...
...Both the price and the length (over 800 pages) are excessive...
...Near the end of his life, Roosevelt and Stalin exchanged a series of acrimonious notes dealing not only with Eastern Europe but also the so-called Berne Incident and the outrageous Soviet treatment of liberated American prisoners of war...
...The book is always lucid and well-documented...
...The unfortunate price will restrict the work to the shelves ~f the better libraries and a few specialists...
...Steve Babich Los Angeles~ California To the Editor: It seems Tom Huston is unclear about Nixon...
...Wheeler-Bennett and Nichols are somewhat ambiguous as to why the SOviets were eventually able to subjugate Eastern Europe...
...9 . . If this continues, I shall return to reading Psychology Today...
...Get off the nonsense...
...The Marshall reaffirmed Soviet ambition in a significant meeting with Eden in December, 1941: "Russia...was to retain all the fruits of her partnership with Nazi Germany...
...After all, you people supported Nixon...
...It also seems that he is unclear about the role of government in a modern society...
...Averell Harriman upon encountering Stalin in Berlin, just prior to Potsdam, congratulated the Marshall on having won a great victory...
...Ronald Sandford Indianapolis, Indiana To the Editor: _9 . . No more queer talk...
...L . W . Smith St...
...Eden, however, refused to be bullied...
...I suggest Mr...
...Huston think about how anxiety and frustration gnaw at a poor man's life and make the pursuit of useful employment much more difficult than it is for a man living more comfortably...
...What else did you expect from him...
...For example, the final chapter---comprising 50 desultory pages summarizing European international developments from the Truman Doctrine up to the late 1960s--is superfluous...
...Stalin's share of the spoils included many of the territories enumerated above...
...On the other hand, the authors assert that Roosevelt's pacifistic attitude encouraged Stalin to be more acquisitive than he would otherwise have been...
...The authors have overlooked two statements made by Stalin that clearly indicate his pretensions...
...Semblance of Peace makes a convincing case for the view that even Roosevelt's attitude was undergoing a dramatic change in the weeks immediately preceding his death...
...Louis, Missouri necessity for the French, not only for the Government but the people as well, was to become honest citizens...
...Incidentally, I feel your treatment of Watergate was a bit dishonest...
...The reviewer has several criticisms to make of what is generally a brilliant work...
...FDR stated at a White House luncheon on March 24, 1945: "...we can't do business with Stalin...
...Following Yalta, as the great victory approached, fissures in the Alliance structure were catalyzed, grew, and became ever more apparent...
Vol. 7 • November 1973 • No. 2
