The Times (London) Friday, March 26, 1999 Two cheers for Colonel Tony Benn Nato was set up to fight a war in Europe. The Red Army invades, Nato fights back; Turks fight for Norway, French fight for Greece. What an extraordinary irony it is that Nato should not, in the event, have had to fight any war in Europe, but then chose, after the Cold War,
[Appeared in the Wall Street Journal , September 27, 1999] Socialist government in France sells off more state-owned companies than did its Conservative predecessor. The British Labor Party, steeped in socialism, wins a general election without ever mentioning the “S” word. And the Chinese Communist Party says “to get rich is glorious.” What’s
I. Background Joseph Schumpeter wrote that “capitalist society was on its way to creating a new civilization all its own when it was overtaken by the meaningless catastrophe of 1914-18, which put its world out of gear.” The Treaty of Versailles held Germany guilty of plotting war. Some historians disagree and let Serbia, Russia, France, and
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