AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GRAND DESIGN

The 'Grand Design,' as developed by the Kennedy Administration and carried over into the Johnson Administration, is discussed as being far from a blueprint for future political, economic, and military relationships. It is seen somewhat in the nature of an impressionist painting: the closer...

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Main Author: Brown,Seyom
Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
(*FOREIGN POLICY
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT)
(*DEFENSE SYSTEMS
FOREIGN POLICY)
COMMERCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
MILITARY OPERATIONS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
EUROPE
USSR
COMMUNISM
NATO
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0605523
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0605523
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Summary:The 'Grand Design,' as developed by the Kennedy Administration and carried over into the Johnson Administration, is discussed as being far from a blueprint for future political, economic, and military relationships. It is seen somewhat in the nature of an impressionist painting: the closer one examines it the more obscure it gets. Only by backing away from its specific content, and viewing it in the large, in contrast with other possible gross configurations of the North Atlantic area, can one discern the pattern and meaning. Thus, Administration spokesmen, when pressed to elaborate the design for the future implied by present U. S. policies toward Europe, are more precise in their maps of where we don't want to go than in their maps of the preferred destination.

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