http://dagblog.com/link/west-ponders-how-stop-or-fight-new-great-war-18589 Comments for " West ponders how to stop - or fight - a new Great War" en http://dagblog.com/comment/196226#comment-196226 <a id="comment-196226"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/west-ponders-how-stop-or-fight-new-great-war-18589"> West ponders how to stop - or fight - a new Great War</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>  If there is a new cold war, it will probably be a smaller thing than the last one, since there isn't any real danger of  Russia invading the NATO countries. A Soviet invasion of Western Europe would have been a near certainty if NATO had disarmed as the pacifists were advising.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:26:01 +0000 Aaron Carine comment 196226 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/196220#comment-196220 <a id="comment-196220"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/west-ponders-how-stop-or-fight-new-great-war-18589"> West ponders how to stop - or fight - a new Great War</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A great book for the average reader of history regarding how WWI first unfolded in this way that the article talks about, in my opinion, is Barbara Tuchman's <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_August#Errors_made_according_to_Tuchman">The Guns of August</a>.</em></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:23:06 +0000 Elusive Trope comment 196220 at http://dagblog.com