“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for American voters, both men tacitly accepted a state of coexistence with the Soviets. Eisenhower was consistently more concerned… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“The Soviets replaced him with a non-Jewish figure, Imre Nagy. Nagy was a Communist, but a reformer rather than a Stalinist. He had stood out from the beginning of his political career, when in the 1920s he had been sent… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Eden had believed it might be possible for British brains to run the world with American muscle. He had not expected the Americans to… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“The massacre of the AVH men had made for a grotesque spectacle, and its images changed the minds both of Khrushchev and of Mao… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Generally the Truman Doctrine had been pursued passively, though in 1949 a secret joint American-British operation had parachuted trained Albanian exiles back into Albania… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“The Israeli border police guarding the central region near the Jordanian border had been told to take all measures necessary to keep order that… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for American voters,… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“One of the problems for the United Nations Expeditionary Force was that its members had no uniform apart from those of their own countries—yet… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“On December 20, Denis Healey asked Eden in the House of Commons whether Britain had had any foreknowledge of the Israeli attack. “There were… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Though the timing of Dulles’s decision may have been ordained by his domestic political situation, it was a shock to his colleagues and allies.… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Under the doctrine of “plausible deniability” favored by Allen Dulles, the president was sometimes not told things it might be inconvenient or embarrassing for… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“In 1951, the political philosopher Leo Strauss coined the term reductio ad Hitlerum to describe the often misleading comparison of an opponent’s views or… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Containing Communism was a priority, but the United States government had its own plans. Since 1951 or 1952, the idea had been floating around… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower was determined to avoid a direct confrontation with the Soviets. It is unlikely he would have sent American armed forces unilaterally. Yet something… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
![“On December 20, Denis Healey asked Eden in the House of Commons whether Britain had had any foreknowledge of the Israeli attack. “There were no plans got together [with Israel] to attack Egypt,” he replied. Commenting in 1994, Healey remembered: “He told a straight lie.”59 Cabinet members…” quote by Alex von Tunzelmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/271/alex-von-tunzelmann-34625_labour-party_on-december-20-denis-healey-asked-eden-i_1207629.jpg)
