Computers Quote by Daniel Ellsberg

“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a full, all-out…

— Garrett M. Graff

“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

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

— James Reston, Jr

“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

“Don’t call these the “wonders of Soviet heroism" when you write about it. Those wonders really did exist. But first there had to be…

— Svetlana Alexievich

“For more than five years, I’d made little progress with my efforts at quiet diplomacy—for one thing, the Soviet leaders kept dying on me.”

— Ronald Reagan

“Several premises shaped the Marshall Plan: that the gravest threat to western interests in Europe was not the prospect of Soviet military intervention, but…

— John Lewis Gaddis

“refused any aid until the oil issue was settled. Matters came to a head in August when Mossadeq for three days, backed by the…

— Ervand Abrahamian

“Eisenhower’s tragedy was that he permitted himself to be pushed into what turned out to be a trap. He had succumbed to General George…

— Ladislas Farago

Eisenhower admitted that the budget can't be balanced and McCarthy said the communists are taking over. You don't know what to worry about these…

— Bob Hope

“He who does not regret the breakup of the Soviet Union has no heart. He who wants to revive it in its previous form…

— Michael Rank

"World War III, was the Cold War, and the U.S. won it".

— Norman Podhoretz