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Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation.

~Adam Schiff

Topics: Changed Cold Cold War End Much Nation Our Since Survival War Well

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The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.

~Adam Schiff

Topics: Although Brought Capacity Century Cold Cold War Dangers New Our Our World Own Potential Reaching Shake Still Terrible War Which World

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Le Carre's voice - patrician, cold, brilliant and amused - was perfect for the wilderness-of-mirrors undertow of the Cold War, and George Smiley is the all-time harassed bureaucrat of spy fiction.

~Alan Furst

Topics: All-Time Amused Brilliant Bureaucrat Cold Cold War Fiction George Perfect Smiley Spy Voice War

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What you get in the Cold War is 'the wilderness of mirrors' where you have to figure out what's good and what's evil. That's good for John le Carre, but not me.

~Alan Furst

Topics: Cold Cold War Evil Figure Get Good John Me Mirrors Out War Where Wilderness You

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I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.

~Alan Furst

Topics: Cold Cold War Never Novelist Wanted War

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I think in some ways what Snowden is, is he's a mix of a cold war spy novel and post-9/11 spy novel.

~Alex Berenson

Topics: Cold Cold War He Mix Novel Snowden Some Spy Think War Ways I Think

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To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.

~Alexander Haig

Topics: Arrogance Cold Cold War Declare Democracy Measure Out Over Totalitarianism War Won

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As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.

~Alexander Haig

Topics: America Anchored Back Certain Circles Clumsy Cold Cold War Days Deal Early Early Days Example For Example Great Great Deal Here Ideological Itself Look Lot Propaganda Soviet Span States Support Those United United States War

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You know, it's very clear, as one looks back on history again of the Cold War that, following the crisis in Cuba, following the Khrushchev - beating down of Jack Kennedy in Vienna, that President Kennedy believed that we had to join the battle for the Third World, and the next crisis that developed in that regards was Vietnam.

~Alexander Haig

Topics: Again Back Battle Beating Believed Clear Cold Cold War Crisis Cuba Developed Down Following Had History Jack Join Kennedy Know Looks Next President President Kennedy Regards Third Third World Very Vienna Vietnam War World You

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Kissinger was surely one of the very few statesmen to try to do something positive to break the log jam of the Cold War; to try to end the war in Vietnam; to bring a halt to the cycle of war in the Middle East.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: Break Bring Cold Cold War Cycle East End Few Halt Jam Kissinger Log Middle Middle East Positive Something Statesmen Surely Try Very Vietnam War

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