The Third World War

Irrelevance of Polycentrism

Commenting on the Pueblo incident, the New York Times (Jan. 26) declared: “One explanation for their action is that the Koreans may be trying to open a kind of second front to divert American and other allied forces and attention. Such Communist diversionary tactics were long since to have been expected as the Vietnamese conflict intensified. . . . Another possible explanation for Pyongyang’s actions is that North Korea, perhaps prompted by the Soviet Union, is merely trying to raise the threat of a new front in order to increase pressure on Washington to move to the negotiating table.”

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Irrelevance of Polycentrism

Commenting on the Pueblo incident, the New York Times (Jan. 26) declared: “One explanation for their action is that the Koreans may be trying to open a kind of second front to divert American and other allied forces and attention. Such Communist diversionary tactics were long since to have been expected as the Vietnamese conflict intensified. . . . Another possible explanation for Pyongyang’s actions is that North Korea, perhaps prompted by the Soviet Union, is merely trying to raise the threat of a new front in order to increase pressure on Washington to move to the negotiating table.”