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any other country in Europe or any other country in Asia in terms of an arms race, so there must be more to it than just (human nature). I think it’s just the objective facts of the situation.
You can make whatever negative comments you want about American history, but the fact is that the Russians, long before the communist state appeared, were aggressive and militaristic. I would say almost before the U.S. existed, certainly before it became a superpower, the Russians were a militaristic, aggressive people given to trying to expand their frontiers, and attacking other countries. So they have just carried on their ancient tradition.
They have an empire, we don’t have any empire. We’ve never had an empire. What little we’ve had, we’ve given away. Rappahannock News: After your many years of analyzing world events, do you see any. reason to be hopeful about the prospects of peace between the U.S. and the Soviet Union? Brinkley: I don’t really see any prospect of war with the Soviet Union. We have succeeded in making war practically impossible. It is not possible to have the kind of war we would have if we had one and survive it. There wouldn’t be any winners. The Russians know that; they know it as well as we do, they’re not stupid. So I don’t see any prospect of it.
The only thing that really worries me on that score is some sort of accident, something that gets fired by mistake, which leads to confusion and misunderstanding. That’s really what worries me. I don’t have any worry about the U.S. attacking the Soviet Union or the Soviet Union attacking
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