The Third World War

The Better to Eat You With, My Dear

In his article on French North Africa, which national review published three weeks ago, Mr. J. Dervin posed a question that so naturally arises from events as to make it odd that our accepted commentators have not been discussing it. “Has sufficient attention been paid,” Mr. Dervin asked, “to Mr. Nehru’s recent trip to Moscow? . . . Will Nehru not have been tempted to promise his support to Russian policy in Africa in exchange for protection against China, whose growing power India, and for that matter the USSR, fear with good reason?”

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The Better to Eat You With, My Dear

In his article on French North Africa, which national review published three weeks ago, Mr. J. Dervin posed a question that so naturally arises from events as to make it odd that our accepted commentators have not been discussing it. “Has sufficient attention been paid,” Mr. Dervin asked, “to Mr. Nehru’s recent trip to Moscow? . . . Will Nehru not have been tempted to promise his support to Russian policy in Africa in exchange for protection against China, whose growing power India, and for that matter the USSR, fear with good reason?”