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But unlike the British, the Americans emerged from the war with their economy thriving: wartime spending had caused their gross domestic product almost to double in less than four years. If there could ever be such a thing as a “good” war, then this one, for the United States, came close.

The Cold War

John Lewis Gaddis

Al-Qaida and Islamic State cannot be destroyed without attacking the roots and placing the Saudi regime itself under

Blowback

Michael Lüders

The disproportion between the offense and its consequences left Nixon incredulous: “[A]ll the terrible battering we have taken,” he commiserated with himself shortly before leaving office, “is really pygmy-sized when compared to what we have done, and what we can do in the future not only for peace in the world but, indirectly, to effect the well-being of people everywhere

The Cold War

John Lewis Gaddis

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