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The Race to Destruction
Classics in Politics: Turning the Tide Noam Chomsky
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frenzied rhetoric. 78 To mention only the most striking example, the
Kennedy Administration was concerned over the viability of the
Japanese economy. 79 This is hardly the concern of planners today. There
are also domestic problems that the Kennedy planners did not have to
face, though Reagan does. We turn to these matters in the next chapter.
Returning to the main theme, as this discussion indicates, the
defensive rhetoric is not to be taken seriously. Other factors are
operative, not those adduced to frighten the citizenry into bearing the
costs of the arms race.