70 Year Magazine Archive

The Third World War

by James Burnham

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Who Wants Disarmament?

In the United States disarmament is largely an egghead problem. What the ordinary citizen wants is arms: plenty of them, and better than anyone else’s. He feels most secure when he believes that the world’s biggest and best army, navy, air force, missiles and moons are out there protecting him, and ready to pulverize anybody that starts anything serious. Moreover. he knows that ever since the First World War a big armament program has meant good times —more jobs and high wages.

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