A note to my would be reader: Since I did not live through the cold war, I think that I can look back with a much more critical eye, and evaluate the cost and benefits of the cold war. Had I lived through the Cuban missile crisis, I probably would have said that the whole cold war was a success because I am still alive. I don’t think that I ever can have the …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1375 total…keep the ‘commies’ from invading everywhere and we could just wait them out. All of this is strong evidence for the cause of a great loss, but I still think that it can’t outweigh them totally. Right now I will have to call it a draw, because the jury is still out on the positive effects. If Russia rebuilds itself, the former Yugoslavia can somehow find peace, then we will have made a great.