70 Year Magazine Archive

The Third World War

by James Burnham

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The THIRD WORLD WAR To: The Secretariat From: InteUigence Section Subject: Weekly Summary, Intenia- tional ( excerpt,) The present ( or Geneva) period is characterized dialectically in the fol- lowing manner: a) thesis-unprece- dented freedom of maneuver for the camp of social.ism; b) antithem- unprecedented inertness on the part of the enemy. After cumulative preparation, the qualitative shift into this period took place at the Summit meeting in July. The decisive events were: a) Eisen- hower’s pledge that the United States would never initiate fighting; b) Eisenhower’s public tribute to the sincerity of the Soviet wish for peace; c) the Western leaders’ acceptance of the concept of an atomic stal~mate. These factors were further reinforced by the influence of d) the U. S. election year and e) the Eisenhower illness …. Dialectics of Geneva Subjectively considered, the so- called Geneva spirit is an expression of imperialist disintegration. The im- perialists, sitting comfortably on their piles of booty, would like to persuad

NATIONAL Rzvmw JAMES BURNHAM

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