“New Ideas” or Old Truth

James Burnham’s proposals for a new strategy for American foreign policy, as developed in his column, “The Third World War,” and in his article, “Liberation—What Next?”, are submitted for debate “between men who share,” to quote the national review editorial opening this discussion, “the relevant fundamental assumptions: that coexistence is immoral, undesirable, and, in the 1ong run, impossible; that we are dealing with an implacable enemy whose revolutionary fervor burns as hot as ever, and whose designs on the men of the West, and their institutions, remain the same.”

1. Mr. Burnham’s Assumptions

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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James Burnham’s proposals for a new strategy for American foreign policy, as developed in his column, “The Third World War,” and in his article, “Liberation—What Next?”, are submitted for debate “between men who share,” to quote the national review editorial opening this discussion, “the relevant fundamental assumptions: that coexistence is immoral, undesirable, and, in the 1ong run, impossible; that we are dealing with an implacable enemy whose revolutionary fervor burns as hot as ever, and whose designs on the men of the West, and their institutions, remain the same.”

1. Mr. Burnham’s Assumptions