“The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.” WorldEconomyProgressEconomicMajorsUnionsEmpiresSovietTechnologicalSoviet UnionEconomic PowerTechnological Progress Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition) Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)
“It is people who are violent, rather than "religions"; and since we secularised our politics we have had two major world wars, the Holocaust, the Soviet Gulag, and the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - none of which were inspired by religion. If we want to understand the dangers of our world, we can no longer accept the old received ideas.” PeopleIfsWorldWantTwoIdeasWarAcceptingDangerMajorsInspiredViolentWar Of The WorldsOur WorldSovietHolocaustHiroshimaHiroshima And NagasakiGulags Author:Karen Armstrong
“After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.” WorldWarFallForceCuttingHappenedConflictMajorsUnionsBoardsWar Of The WorldsVietnamSovietWorld War IiWorld War ISoviet UnionKorea Author:Leon Panetta