“In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the overthrow of the stronger in the belief that the latter's defeat will automatically involve the collapse of the others.” FirstsStatesBeliefMilitaryArmyStrongerDefeatPartnersCampaignsLatterCollapse Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The mythology of the Reagan presidency is that he induced the collapse of the Soviet Union by luring it into unsustainable military spending and wars: should there come a point when we think about applying that lesson to ourselves?” ThinkingShouldWarMilitaryLessonsUnionsSpendingMythologySovietCollapsePresidencySoviet UnionMilitary Spending Author:Glenn Greenwald
“You would think that if neoliberals were in any way honest, after the collapse of the Soviet Union the first thing to do is get rid of the Red Army and the KGB, and build up the economy. Instead, they just get rid of the economy and keep the military and the KGB.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsEconomyHonestMilitaryRedArmyUnionsThings To DoSovietCollapseSoviet UnionKgbRed Army Author:David Graeber