Eastern Europe
The column by Tad Szulc (“Old East Bloc Hostilities Surface as Threats to Infant Democracies,” Opinion, Dec. 17) is the first rational commentary on the events in Eastern Europe since the media released their gush of ooze over the outbreak of freedom. It should be obligatory reading for our national policy planners.
The main difference between 1939 and 1989 is the thin blanket of economic prosperity which today keeps Europe’s underclass from running through the streets behind beer hall orators and bemedaled generals.
GEORGE SONNENSCHEIN
La Jolla
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