March 1959 Issue [The Editor’s Easy Chair] A deal with Russia? What it might cost us and what we might hope to get Download PDF Adjust Share by John Fischer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1945-1991 1953-1961 20th century Cold War Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes Europe, Eastern Foreign relations German reunification question (1949-1990) North Atlantic Treaty Organization Soviet Union Strategic aspects United States More from John Fischer Ugliness and Tension The question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imperfect (we can take that for granted), but how to deal with that imperfection. So far as I… From “Letter from Leete’s Island Field notes on the manners, morals, and customs of the Connecticut Yankee," January 1969 From “Letter to a new leftist, from a tired liberal,” March 1966 Adjust Share