Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on, substantially unchanged, until some other adversary could be invented. Anything else would be an unacceptable shock to the American economy.


"Foreword to 'The Pathology of Power'" by Norman Cousins (Norton, 1987), from At a Century's Ending: Reflections 1982-1995 (Norton, 1997, ISBN 0-393-31609-2), Part II: Cold War in Full Bloom, p. 118

George F. Kennan Quotes

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,...

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,...

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,...

Were the Soviet Union to sink tomorrow under the waters of the ocean, the American military-industrial establishment would have to go on,...