... , those things that are the main source of our concern. Now, much of that change may be, and doubtless is, subjective today we exaggerate our dangers and have a tendency to rate our own abilities less than they actually are. But the fact remains that much of this change is also objectively real; in 1900 the political and military realities were truly ... such that we had relatively little to fear in the immediate sense, whereas today we have a situation before us which, I am frank to admit, seems to me dangerous and problematical in the extreme." I believe Kennan accurately points out th...

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