The Cold War Is Farce

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In many respects, i i've got section of the book called the cold war is farce. The basically, we have to arm against enemy that doesn't exist. That end. Very few people during the cold wer are going to say what eisnar was thinking. They're not going to start world war three. Come on. I've seen what's to them. But i think z and china is doing almost everything wrong,. Eventually hemight get his come uppanc or i'll fade away in some sense.

In this conversation based on his new book, The Stupidity of War, political scientist John Mueller argues that American foreign policy since 1945 has been one long miscue; most international threats — including during the Cold War — have been substantially exaggerated. The result has been agony and bloviation, unnecessary and costly military interventions that have mostly failed. With international war in decline, complacency and appeasement become viable diplomatic devices and a large military is scarcely required.