The Mars Neurosis of the U.S.

A noted French anti-Communist fighter charges that America, in her push for bigger and better missiles, is adopting a Maginot Line psychology.

On October 10, 1957 the United States became neurotic. The Soviets had launched their first satellite, and as this palpable symbol of Soviet power swirled around a globe that had been constantly giving up territory to Soviet control, the Americans suddenly looked upon themselves as a fallen race. The trauma became a disease that I should call the Mars Neurosis, a state of mind in which all the problems of the world are translated into a need for more and ever more missiles.

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A noted French anti-Communist fighter charges that America, in her push for bigger and better missiles, is adopting a Maginot Line psychology.

On October 10, 1957 the United States became neurotic. The Soviets had launched their first satellite, and as this palpable symbol of Soviet power swirled around a globe that had been constantly giving up territory to Soviet control, the Americans suddenly looked upon themselves as a fallen race. The trauma became a disease that I should call the Mars Neurosis, a state of mind in which all the problems of the world are translated into a need for more and ever more missiles.