The Soviet Union was brought down by a strange global coalition of Western European conservatives, Eastern European nationalists, Russian liberals, Chinese communists, and Afghan Islamic reactionaries, to name only a few. Many of these discordant groups disliked the United States… — David Frum Copy Share Image
“The American scene required harmonization of its discordant groups, and responsibility for the task belonged to the practitioners of politics.” — Robert J. Rayback Copy Share Image
