Europe, 1940. In a stunning blitzkrieg, German troops invaded Denmark and Norway in April, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France in May. The British force in France, cut off from its French allies, was evacuated from Dunkirk, leaving most of its equipment behind.
As Hitler's Panzers drove toward Paris, Winston Churchill, the new British prime minister, made a desperate plea. He secretly asked President Franklin D. Roosevelt to declare an emergency and lend warships, aircraft, and other arms to...
On June 12, 1982, between 500,000 and a million Americans rallied in New York City's Central Park in support of a "nuclear freezev-a ban on all further increases in nuclear weaponry. The New York Times editorialized the next day that "hundreds of thou- sands of demonstrators. . . can't be wrong." Conservative columnist Joseph Sobran saw the great "freeze" demonstration rather differ- ently: "The rally was actually a broad coalition of people who hate the West and...
George C. Beckwith of the American Peace Society, is "a sort of Delos, whither the best spirits of every party, creed and clime gather to blend in sweet and hallowed sympathy."
In making the case against war, the authors of the 64 essays invoke such au- thorities as Seneca (who found that, in conflict, "avarice and cruelty know no bounds") and Napoleon (warfare is "the business of barbarians"). One author protests that the military received 80 percent of the average...
William W. Lammers and David Klingman, in Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Spring 1986), Institute for Public Affairs, North Tex. State Univ., Denton, Tex. 76203-5338.
The presidency is the top U.S. elective office, but most governors can do one thing that a chief executive cannot: serve more than two terms.
Nelson Rockefeller's 14-year reign in New York, the modem record for continuous gubernatorial service, easily exceeded the record 12-year presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The mark...
William W. Lammers and David Klingman, in Publius: The Journal of Federalism (Spring 1986), Institute for Public Affairs, North Tex. State Univ., Denton, Tex. 76203-5338.
The presidency is the top U.S. elective office, but most governors can do one thing that a chief executive cannot: serve more than two terms.
Nelson Rockefeller's 14-year reign in New York, the modem record for continuous gubernatorial service, easily exceeded the record 12-year presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The mark...