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языка, где, повторюсь, пространственность напоминает сетку, наброшенную на текст, в
русском, синтетическом языке пространственность проникает в слово, особенно в глагол,
ну и, конечно, в наречия — но о русских наречиях разговор должен быть особый.
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В январе 2006 года в США выходит сборник статей Turning Points in Ending the Cold War.
В нем два предисловия — бывшего госсекретаря США Джорджа Шульца и мое (фигуры,
мягко говоря, неравнозначные, но от предложения составителей я отказаться не мог).
Вот текст моего предисловия.
Foreword
A Perspective From Moscow
There is little doubt that the period we call the Cold War, the way it was ―waged‖ and the way it
ended, will be the subject of the historians' keen interest for many decades to come. It was
unique and unprecedented in that the threat of a major conflict, very likely involving the use of
nuclear weapons, was real — at least, it was ―clear and present‖ in the minds of those who
ducked under the tables during civil defense alerts and lived through the terror of the Cuban
missile crisis. There is much that needs to be clarified and understood about the Cold War's
origins and causes. For example, the question of whether it was inevitable because of the nature
of the Soviet regime, or whether it could have been avoided with a different interpretation of the
doctrine of containment, deserves serious consideration. Perhaps of even greater interest is the
question of why the Cold War ended and whether other scenarios of its end were possible.
Though the circumstances that brought about the Cold War were unique and are unlikely to be
repeated, it would be hard to argue that consideration of such question is of no relevance or holds
no lessons for the future.
Debates about the Cold War and the way it ended are inevitably clouded by the politics of the
day. In Russia, the collapse of the hopes of the intelligentsia, who had expected radical changes
following the breakup of the Soviet Union to result in almost overnight prosperity and a major
role for Russia in a new world order, has led many to question the disengagement from the Cold
War. The Russian press is rife with writings accusing Mikhail Gorbachev and, even more, his
foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze of having betrayed Russia's national interests — even
though Russia as a separate entity under international law did not exist on their watch. In the
United States the general consensus during the first Bush administration welcoming the peaceful
end of the Cold War was soon replaced by the celebration of the West's — and mostly America's
— victory in the Cold War. This, in turn, reinforced the feelings of inferiority and injury felt by
many members of the Russian establishment, feelings that are not conducive to a sensible debate
either about the past or about Russia's present foreign policy.