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DOWN THE PRIMROSE PATH

Dramatic everfts generally only punctuate and underline historic trends. They confirm rather than create the direction of development. So with Nixon’s two recent démarches— toward the appeasement of Communist China and toward American economic isolation under a government-directed economy. These two events, which are much more closely interrelated than may appear at first sight, do not come out of the blue. They represent two aspects of the long developing American withdrawal from world leadership.

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Frank S. Meyer

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

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DOWN THE PRIMROSE PATH

Dramatic everfts generally only punctuate and underline historic trends. They confirm rather than create the direction of development. So with Nixon’s two recent démarches— toward the appeasement of Communist China and toward American economic isolation under a government-directed economy. These two events, which are much more closely interrelated than may appear at first sight, do not come out of the blue. They represent two aspects of the long developing American withdrawal from world leadership.