![]() One of the most important of these assumptions - that a general thermonuclear war is extremely unlikely - is held in common by most of the critics of our defense policy as well as by its proponents. ![]() Western defense policy has almost returned to the level of activity and the emphasis suited to the basic assumptions which were controlling before Sputnik. The flurry of statements and investigations and improvised responses has died down, leaving a small residue: a slight increase in the schedule of bomber and ballistic missile production, with a resulting small increment in our defense expenditures for the current fiscal year, a considerable enthusiasm for space travel, and some stirrings of interest in the teaching of mathematics and physics in the secondary schools. The first shock administered by the Soviet launching of Sputnik has almost dissipated.
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