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Jim Blum
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Footprints
L IKE PEOPLE elsewhere, Vietnamese sometimes use poetry to express political intent. The following poem--recently, published by the National Liberation
Prejudicial Weapons
R ECENT WARS in the Middle East and Vietnam have further revealed the inadequacies of international conventions regarding the possession
The Middle East: Oil For Peace
T HE MIDDLE OF a war is perhaps the wrong time to contemplate the future of a region. The outcome
The World Beckons
E DWIN O. REISCHAUER is preeminent among scholars in his ability to express complex issues in a comprehensible manner. In
A Liaison For What?
I N THE NEXT few weeks, China and the United States will officially open liaison offices in each other's capitals.
Spreading Aggravation
L EAVES are again rustling in the winds of Indochina. Instead of panicking at the sound of their crackling as
Hell for the Revolution of It
S EVENTEEN YEARS after his Communist Party came to power, Chairman Mao Tse-tung launched the "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" to
An Appeal for Amnesty
D EAR PRESIDENT NIXON, Your comments on January 31 about granting amnesty to Americans who chose to go abroad rather
The Last Charade
M ORE THAN A MONTH has passed since Dr. Kissinger and his boss assured the world of the imminence of
The Eagle and the Fox
W HETHER PRESIDENT NIXON will choose now, after re-election, to negotiate a settlement of the war on terms that are
The Plot Thickens
E VERYONE HOPES that the Vietnam negotiations which are now at full throttle will not go awry like the U.S.
Cover-Up
N EWS OF THE SLAUGHTER of civilians at My Lai 4 hamlet in March 1968 outraged the world, and the
Balancing Scales
T HE NIXON ADMINISTRATION is now risking confrontation with the USSR and China on the premise that such action will
Dusk at Paris
A NEW ROUND of secret talks between the United States and North Vietnam will begin very soon in Paris. The
Nixon and Mao: The Coming of the Thaw
Introduction T HE GROWING WARMTH in Sino-American relations, as demonstrated by President Nixon's recent trip to China, has attracted great
