Hanania Highlights, II

Continuing from earlier this week.  Military rivalry combined with economic cooperation is hard – but not impossible – to reconcile with “grand strategy.”

Of course, in neither case were those who advocated for economic ties with the Soviet Union or China, or their intellectual opponents, devoid of rational arguments. Indeed, the similarities between the two cases are striking, with many in the United States calling for a civilizing mission toward the communist rival. Yet I show in this chapter ...