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Das ungeheure Anwachsen der militärischen Macht, wie sie das nukleare Zeitalter mit sich gebracht hat, geht Hand in Hand mit einer Entwertung ihrer praktischen Anwendung. Der Autor untersucht die sich daraus ergebenden Folgen für die Handlungsmöglichkeiten der Staaten, wobei er betont, daß zwischen unseren Auffassungen von den sozialen, politischen und philosophischen Problemen und den objektiven Sachverhalten des Nuklearzeitalters eine Kluft liegt. Dieser Gegensatz hat vier Paradoxa in der nuklearen Strategie verursacht: die Verpflichtung zum Gebrauch von Gewalt, paralysiert durch die Angst, sie wirklich gebrauchen zu müssen; die Suche nach einer kriegsvermeidenden nuklearen Strategie; das Streben nach nuklearem Wettrüsten und den gleichzeitigen Versuch, es zu stoppen; das Streben nach einer Bündnispolitik, die indes durch das Vorhandensein nuklearer Waffen überholt ist. (STR)

It is impossible to state with assurance what the policy of the Carter administration is with regard to civil defense. As in so many other fields of policy, the policy of the Carter administration with regard to civil defense is contradictory in different respects. Successive statements of the same officials contradict each other. The statements of different officials contradict each other Official statements are contradicted by the actual policy pursued. The realities of the situation militate against the policy announced.For the purpose of clarifying the issue let us assume that the administration is committed to a greatly expanded civil defense effort over several years, meaning primarily the evacuation of the bulk of the civilian population from the cities. Such a policy is, according to the New York Times, "farcical" on several grounds.

Détente is one of those concepts that perhaps only a theologian is qualified to discuss, because it is a general, abstract concept that can mean anything to anybody. Indeed, the main attraction of the concept lies in this generality and abstractness. Obviously, you cannot come out against detente and in favor of bigger and better tensions. No more than you can come out against peace and in favor of war. Or in favor of hatred and against the brotherhood of man. Thus we are dealing with a concept that in itself is perfectly meaningless. It means nothing to say that there is détente between the United States and the Soviet Union without going down the list of points of tension and asking yourself what has happened with those tensions because of a so-called détente.