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...have endowed the Soviet Union with wealth and power. The prodigious achievements of the U.S.S.R. in mining, agriculture and energy production still conjure up images of the infamous Siberian mines, collective farms and hydroelectric projects of the 1930s, where armies of political prisoners, conscript peasants and idealistic volunteers "built Communism" under the cruel supervision of Joseph Stalin's armed guards and commissars. Today's reality is less harsh, but the profile of the country still bulges with muscle; the recitation of its endowments and achievements is still redolent of brute force, monumentality and projects that dwarf and sometimes devour...
...state is to be as powerful as possible. He remembers that tsarist Russia was defeated in World War I; now his country is one of the two greatest influences in the entire world. This is a sort of surrogate for his sufferings. Whatever else it has done to him, Communism has made Russia a much more powerful country...
...have been torn apart at regular intervals throughout their history. Soviet foreign policy, with all its unabashed sponsorship of radicals and "wars of national liberation," is essentially a means of keeping the U.S.S.R.'s enemies off balance if not under control and thus making the world safe for Soviet Communism. That same motive lay behind the invasion of Afghanistan in December...
...Martial Law Command blamed it on 'hooligans and impure elements,' a reference to Communists and their sympathizers. Kwangju is not without some Communists. In fact I saw a red flag atop at least one commandeered army truck, the first I have ever seen in a land where Communism is outlawed. But I saw no signs of provocateurs or organized hooliganism. What I did see was an impending danger: with the youthful protesters stockpiling weapons, and troops encircling the city, Kwangju could turn into a bloodbath...
...Fujian from Taiwan in 1948: "We recognize that Taiwan's standard of living is much higher than our own, so we don't want to do anything to change their style of life." Taiwan remains fearful that Peking's long-range goal is to impose Communism on the island, which not only has a higher living standard but enjoys far more political freedom as well. When asked to specify exactly what sort of autonomy China has in mind for Taiwan, one Fujian official replied, "It would be just like Tibet." Given Peking's tight political control...