Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... He expected him to be a superhuman hero, unlike the ordinary and normal-seeming man that he really was. ... Unlike the intellectual party members, his contribution to the cause was practical, not theoretical. ...
Let us begin with a simpler model of strategic geometry which existed in Europe during the Cold War. From 1948 onwards, a more or less clear-cut line divided Europe into two main political and military blocs: the communist bloc and the free world of Western Europe, resulting in an almost perfect bipolarity. However, the politics in Asia during the same period were more dynamic and nuanced than just the simple East-West divide of Europe. Here, there was none of "the sharp structural clarity of Europe," no drawing of a line, no Iron Curtain; rather, there existed a more complex web of internatio...
