Dark Horses

The price that must be paid by nations foolhardy enough to stand up for the United States is the unhappy theme of Nicaragua: An Ally under Siege (Council on American Affairs, 1716 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; $5), an anthology put together by legislative specialist Belden Bell of the Republican Study Committee of the House of Representatives.

That the animus against our allies is especially severe among the Marxists and Third Worlders is deplorable but rational. Less comprehensible is the fact that a pronounced distaste for pro-American states is evident also in our own society, most notably among the members of our press and government. It is this anomaly which rivets the attention of contributors to the present volume, including Senator Carl Curtis of Nebraska, columnist Jeffrey St. John, Jeffrey Gayner of the Heritage Foundation, Dr. William Schneider Jr., Lt. General Wm. P. Yarborough, John J. Tierney of Catholic University, and historian Otto J. Scott.

The price that must be paid by nations foolhardy enough to stand up for the United States is the unhappy theme of Nicaragua: An Ally under Siege (Council on American Affairs, 1716 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009; $5), an anthology put together by legislative specialist Belden Bell of the Republican Study Committee of the House of Representatives.

That the animus against our allies is especially severe among the Marxists and Third Worlders is deplorable but rational. Less comprehensible is the fact that a pronounced distaste for pro-American states is evident also in our own society, most notably among the members of our press and government. It is this anomaly which rivets the attention of contributors to the present volume, including Senator Carl Curtis of Nebraska, columnist Jeffrey St. John, Jeffrey Gayner of the Heritage Foundation, Dr. William Schneider Jr., Lt. General Wm. P. Yarborough, John J. Tierney of Catholic University, and historian Otto J. Scott.