World Events

Abstract

The strikes which swept France in mid-August are episodes in a much larger drama—the struggle for the control of policy making in Western Europe. Two counter-revolutionary forces have dominated the policies of Western Europe since the war's end in 1945. One is the Vatican. The other is Washington. Rome and Washington are jointly responsible for the present political situation in France, Italy, and West Germany.

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